Clean floors and stairs, visit, green leaves again

1. Since we were in the vacuuming mood, and since the kids had cleared off the stairs in honor of grandma coming, my youngest and I vacuumed the stairs today for the first time in months. It's amazing how much cleaner my house looks with just a little bit of vacuuming.
   
   
2. My mom and I had a nice visit, and she made it home safely.
   
   
3. There is some green coming now on my hibiscus bushes. The new leaves were really damaged when the cold weather came through in very early April, but they are now starting to make a come-back.