Easter

After 6 long months, 5 feet of snow, and -37 temperatures I think spring is finally here in earnest. It's been around 10 degrees every day, most of the snow is gone, and we have a bouquet of pussywillows on our kitchen table. Life is good!
We've been busy doing lots of Eastery baking and crafting: hot cross buns, egg shaped cupcakes, jello eggs, and dying regular eggs too. James is crazy for crafting and baking, so he was a very happy boy all week!

Easter was fun, James really "got" the whole Easter Bunny thing this year. He wasn't as in to the hunt as last year, because last year it was all about finding eggs and this year it was about eating eggs.

We didn't go too overboard on treats this year, but I (or the Easter Bunny, rather!) found some playsilks and wooden scenery from a few Etsy shops (Beneath the Rowan Tree and The Enchanted Cupboard) and both the kids are really enjoying them!

And here's Miss Elizabeth modelling her new Easter skirt . . .

She tried a bit of chocolate for the first time and it went over ok, but she was just as happy to get back to her egg yolk :)

Ok. Really. I'm Going to Blog.

See, I'm not under any illusions that I'm going to have masses of loyal followers. But I DO want a place where I can record all the little things from when my kids were babies, so I can look back and remember everything.
For example. James splashing away in the puddles today.  The look of pure joy he had on his little face was priceless.  The way he leaped from puddle to puddle, and the way he was drawn towards the irresistible, biggest, deepest ones. I took a ton of pictures. I didn't, however take a picture of him after he fell face-first into one. He was covered in sand and water was dripping from his muddy little curls. Ooooo but I wanted to!  Poor kid.

Libby is 9 months old now, and can't stand on her own yet (not for lack of trying, though!) so she was stuck watching in the stroller. The fresh air did her good though, she's still napping after 1 1/2 hours!

Things are crazy around here. And they're about to get crazier, my baby girl is days away from crawling and is keen to get walking too. I need to re-babyproof!