How You Can Tell Winter is Over

Or, "How You Can Tell Andrew is Having a Growth Spurt."

Exhibit A:



Exhibit B:



Exhibit C:



Now that the weather is nice, Andrew wants to spend all his free time -- and time that is not free -- outside. But I'm convinced the sidewalks in our neighborhood have a personal vendetta against him. He literally cannot go out without coming back with blood dripping from somewhere, and his knees and legs are so bruised up that I'm afraid to send him to school in shorts, or I'll get reported to the authorities.

Somehow, I don't think he minds.