Welcome to The Girl Next Door. I'm Kelsey.

And I'm Erica. In every episode, we bring our different perspectives to candid conversations

that feel like chatting with good friends. We started this show years ago when we were

next door neighbors and still haven't run out of things to talk and laugh about yet.

Today, we are embracing the season of spring

and calling it spring fling. We'll talk about what spring is like in Arizona and how this lovely

season takes us by surprise and delight every year, plus our spring new motherhood memories

and what spring cleaning we're getting up to.

In our segment just for Friends of the Show, we'll be doing a spring, would you rather?

So that will be a real treat.

And if you're a friend of the show, you got a bonus episode last week, Annoying Kid Olympics.

Yes, we created events of annoying kid behavior like messes, bedtime,

and just why. And we are giving out bronze, silver, and gold medals. If you've ever encountered annoying kid behavior, this episode is for you, and we think it will give you a laugh.

Okay, on to spring fling. I will admit that I kind of forget about spring

every year until it's upon us. And I think this has to do with where we live. So can we talk about

what spring is like for us here in central Arizona? Yeah, I do forget how lovely it is too. And

basically it's like kind of the reason I moved here like really

influential in that decision where I grew up in Wisconsin it was basically not consistently

dependable spring weather until May oh my gosh you know and here it really it starts in

February basically you get December and January of winter fallish weather and then we're to

spring. But honestly, the weather at this time of year, for the way we suffer in the summers,

the reason we endure the summers here is spring and really the rest of the year. But the weather

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