And suddenly spring arrived :-)

Det har uden sammenligning været vores koldestes vinter - EVER! Og til sidst tror man at sommer og varme bare er en hallucination, der ikke findes i virkeligheden. Men i går slog vejret om. Bare så'n. Fra den ene dag til den anden er vi gået fra isnende kulde, skøjtebane glatte fortove og bunker af sne, til høj sol med plusgrader, sne der forsvinder fra time til time og fugle der kvidrer som var de betalt for det. We like - a lot! Især Teresa kan næsten ikke være i sin krop af bar begejstring over sol og varme:

This winter has been our coldest - ever! And towards the end one starts to believe that memories of summer and warmth are just hallucinations, that were never real. But yesterday the weather changed out of the blue. From one day to the next freezing cold, sidewalks as slippery as ice skating arenas and snow everywhere has changed to beaming sunshine, snow that's melting by the hour and birds chirping like little maniacs. We like - a lot! Especially Teresa literally bends over backwards of pure spring joy: 

Men ingen forår uden forårsrengøring! Rengøring hører IKKE til yndlingsbeskæftigelsen i frikke residensen, men da vi ventede gæster var det temmelig tiltrængt. Kristian tog til "gospelfest" hele lørdag i Livonia og ungerne og jeg smøgede ærmerne op og gik i gang. Et særligt mindeværdigt øjeblik var Luca, der skurede lokummer under supervision af sin storebror. For at holde gejsten oppe ventede der en belønning: 

No spring without a spring clean! Cleaning is not among the favorite things to do in the frikke residence, but since we were expecting a guest we had to get going. Kristian went to a "gospel fest" in Livonia all of Saturday so the kids and I got busy. A very memorable moment was Luca scrubbing the toilets under strict Big Brother supervision. To keep us all going, a reward was waiting at the end:

Moster skulle have ankommet lørdag aften, men der var forsinkelse på hendes fly til New York, så hun kunne ikke nå videre til Detroit samme aften. Øv! Til gengæld nåede vi forbi "Cherry Republic" efter kirke og fik købt "boom chooga looga black cherry cream sodas" inden hun kom: 

My sister was supposed to get here Saturday night but her flight to New York was delayed, so she couldn't make it to detroit that same evening :-( But then we had time to go to "cherry republic" after church Sunday and buy "boom chooga looga black cherry cream sodas" before she arrived:

Og da moster kom væltede der slik (og frossen stryhns) ud af kufferten i store mængder: 

And when my sister arrived her suitcase almost bursted from all the candy (and frozen liver pâté - yes you have to be Danish to truly appreciate that):

"Lucky Luca" har fri fra skole i morgen (mandag) og regner med at tilbringe hele dagen sådan her. Det tror vi moster er HELT med på ;-)

"Lucky Luca" has the day off Friday and has planned to spend it like this. We Think my sister will agree ;-)