We had our Quaker Meeting over on Saturday evening for what was intended to be a backyard potluck, but it rained a bit, so we ended up squeezing inside to eat - crowded, but still nice. After we ate, it was dry enough to go out back and let the Little Friends release 3,000 ladybugs to celebrate spring. They had fun.
The ladybug release has become a spring family tradition for us, over the years. Garden stores sell tubs of them in March and they will hibernate in your refrigerator for a few weeks. They wake up when they get out of the cold. My kids have released ladybugs themselves, with the Brownies, with the neighbor kids, and now with the Quakers - I think it's a neat way to celebrate spring.
It was lovely to have the Meeting over for a little get-together. Our lives are so crazy-busy that we don't do much entertaining, but I am always happier when we get to spend time with our friends.
What are you doing to celebrate the springtime?
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