On their way...

...to an Easter basket!

Just a glimpse

Welcome spring

learning how to get up from a fall...

gaining some speed

falling here and there...

stopping to enjoy the scenery

and then off again....

It may not have been how I had envisioned the first day of spring, but it certainly was a good day.  Isabelle for the first time decided to go down hill on her skis and did awesome (until now we have been on strictly flat ground).  She giggled and squealed as she gained speed and quickly bounced back after a few falls.  Yes, we are content and happy with spring...even if it means king winter sticks around a bit longer....

snow to spring

Well...Vermont obviously recognizes the coming of spring in a very different way my friends.  Today we are home and watching the snow fall...and fall...and fall.  By tomorrow there are estimates of 8-12 inches accumulation and I would say we are right on track for those numbers.  Needless to say we are taking advantage of the day to pull out some spring/easter decorations and spruce up the place.  I might even get around to taking down all the holiday cards today....

practicing our bean bag tossing skills

chick bean bags made by grammy last year (or maybe the year before?)

easter egg hunting has started

fresh snow

some of our favorite winter books we aren't ready to part with
and a few favorite spring books to get us ready for her coming

decorated blown eggs from last year

undecorated blown eggs from last year
i must have had some mama intuition because i'm not sure i'll have time to blow eggs this year!

i snuck away for a little felting craft
basically wrap a plastic easter egg in wool and felt with hot water & soap...
once it is dry I will carefully cut a small opening and hide a special easter surprise inside...

the kids loves throwing things...especially these blocks made by grammy!
Owen woke up with a low grade fever (hence the unzipped jammy look)
...most likely due to some molars pushing through!

Here we are

Our weekly dynamic has changed and weekends are now jam packed... Cleaning the house, piles of laundry, prepping food for the week, lots of catch up cuddle sessions and then everything else that gets left to the weekend.

This weekend there were:
Seedlings planted
A boy who can't stand still for a picture
Rolls baked (to accompany our home corned beef)
Cookies from friends
Beeswax candles and votives made
kombucha bottled and ready for carbonation!
Date night = me+Aaron+prosecco+pan brownies
Lots of silly kids

mud

stylin' as usual

sporting his new boots...

loving the slide

playing ball with dad

oops...ball under the car...

One thing is for sure...the days are getting warmer...and with all that melting snow means only one thing: mud...lots-o-mud.  Feeling my heart palpate just a bit with the thought of muddy shoes and dog paws I take a big deep breath and remind myself that mud means spring...and spring sounds so wonderful right now.  But I don't dare say more than that...or put my shovel away...because then we would obviously get whopped with some more snow.  

Rhode trip

The kids and I decided to head down to RI this past weekend while Aaron went to maine to help nana out. It was a short but sweet visit and we sure did enjoy seeing signs of spring. Daffodil and crocus were peaking out of soggy cold soil and the kids romped around...climbing rocks, building birds nests and feeding the chickens.