Yes, that’s right. Because Spring is almost here – it technically arrives on Thursday, the 20th of March.

{Although, to be fair, for those of you living in the Southern Hemisphere, Spring is just about as far away as it can possibly be. The explanation for this is quite complicated and has to do with the way that the Earth moves around the Sun (I know! I thought the Earth stayed still and the Sun moved!) and if you’re really curious, here’s a good video to watch:}

If you don’t feel like watching the video, the idea is that seasons are switched between the top part of the Earth (the Northern Hemisphere) and the bottom part of Earth (the Southern Hemisphere) – so when it’s Spring here (where I live, in North America, in the Northern Hemisphere) it’s Fall down there (where, I don’t know, a bunch of Australians and penguins and stuff live). And when it’s Summer here, it’s Winter there. Wacky!

But we, those of us who live in the Northern Hemisphere, WE will be celebrating Spring this week. And for those of you in the Southern Hemisphere, well, join on in. Some of the best times to celebrate something is when you miss them the most! Like missing Spring on the first day of Fall!

Anyway. Happy Spring, everyone!

Spring is all about things waking up from the cold and gloomy winter. It’s called “Spring” because it’s a time when things come “springing” up out of the ground.

(But don’t be fooled by this video – things don’t come springing THAT fast! They sped up the video so we wouldn’t have to stay awake for two weeks watching things grow.)

It’s also called “mud season” up north, because the snow starts to melt but the ground is still very cold underneath, so the water just sits on top of the ground and makes mud everywhere:

LOTS of mud!

It’s the time when birds start building nests to lay their eggs in (this video is kind of long but you can fast forward to see the nest getting built and the eggs getting laid – super cool):

And it’s the time that it’s finally warm enough to spend more time outside again, enjoying the sun and fresh air.

Some people celebrate spring by planting seeds for their gardens (we planted peas and basil for starters):

Other people celebrate by Welly Wanging, which is apparently a very serious sort of sport in England where you try to throw your wellies (that’s what they call rubber rain boots in England) as far as you can. Should you be interested in doing some welly wanging yourselves, I’ve included the rules below:

Perhaps we should organize an interwebs-wide game of welly wanging this week! I mean, because of Rule #3, it sounds like we can all just report our distances (in yards, feet, and inches, please: Rule #4).

So here’s your assignment for this week: Enter our world-wide welly-wanging competition! Submit your best measurements in the comments anytime this week (honorably tallied, of course!) and a photo of you wanging your wellies (remember you can post to instagram using #bobbledyspring)! For our purposes, we can all ignore Rule #9 (make your own Thong!) and Rule #13. Our winner will get a REAL LIVE TROPHY and two runners-up will get an 8×10 print of the past auction item of your choice (style points will be considered for the runners-up, so make sure to include a great picture or story to go with your measurement!).

LET THE GAMES BEGIN!!!