weather in Arkansas

Anyone who has lived in Arkansas for more than a season can pretty much tell you that the weather here is nuts.

You can have a day that is 30 degrees and then one that is 80 degrees, all in the same week.

We can have a tornado one day, and be wearing sweaters again the next day.

This year has been no exception.

We have yet to be able to change out our closets because we will have 2 days of pretty weather and then it will drop back into the 30's, 40's, or 50's.

It has rained more this spring than I can remember in a long time.

And now?

We received our first ever recorded snow in May in Arkansas history.

And it was not just a dusting.  Some places in our county have up to 3 inches!

Nuts, I tell ya!

My pretty spring flag with snow all around it.

Today is a special day at the Sparacino house.  It is Tim's birthday!!! Happy birthday Tim, my love!

A field trip and a date night

It is a GORGEOUS sunny Sunday and I am about to head outside and enjoy it, but I wanted to do a post really quick!

I love watching them do homework. They always do it on Thursday afternoons since it is due on Fridays.

This past Friday, the kindergartners had a field trip to the fire station!

We were supposed to go to the park too, but it rained and was cold.

It rained last year when C Girl went and they missed out on the park part as well.

Sad.

 BUT, they had a blast checking out the fire station!

They asked SO many questions.

B's teacher said that she has never had a class that asked the firemen so many questions!

There is a group of about 7 or so boys in B's class that are great little friends!  They always want to sit by each other and B talks about them non-stop when he comes home!

I'm so thankful for our firemen and all other service members for what they do.

 We got to watch them leave out on a call.

It was a great trip!

Last night, Tim and I got to go out!  

We were going to check out the Norman Rockwell exhibit at Crystal Bridges, but the line was insanely long.  

Instead, we hopped in a few stores and then went to dinner at Doe's Eat Place.  It was so, so yummy.  I ate almost the entire basket of drop biscuits all by myself.

We also got donuts at Krispy Kreme and watched a movie at home after the kids went to bed. 

It was the first funny movie we had watched in a while.  We have picked some deeper movies lately.  I was thankful for the laughs!

This week, I will be very busy getting ready for teacher appreciation week, May 6-10.

May is just SUCH a busy month.

And seriously, HOW is it almost May?!!!!

This year is going by waaaay too fast.