Spring, finally

It's been a long time coming, but yesterday and today were very warm. Last night Eliot insisted on a picnic outside on the back porch. This evening she met me at work and we went kayaking for an hour on the lake while Blaise picked Anselm up from climbing. She demanded two things: to sit in my compartment, and to use her own paddle. The incompatibility of these needs with getting anywhere fortunately became apparent to her fairly quickly and she relinquished the paddle before we both got drenched. She took the lake environment as a good opportunity to sing as loudly as she could.