Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Easter. Show all posts

Sunday, April 4, 2010

Soaking Up Spring

Spring is my favorite time of year, and we've been basking in these perfect days. Here's a rundown of some stuff we've been up to:

Tee ball is in full swing. Here's my view Parker's tee-ball practice when Sawyer comes along..

Sometimes he'll stay in one place and watch the big kids.

The tree in front of our house is amazing for just a week or so at the very beginning of spring.


Sawyer and I visited Parker's school this week to help with the spring egg hunt. It was a gorgeous day.


Then we went into the class and hung out with the kids during the party. The big kids are all so great with Sawyer.

Random photo: We're making some progress with the vegetables. Sawyer will eat corn if it's on the cob.

We've spent a LOT of time just hanging in the backyard - blowing bubbles, sifting sand, lying in the grass.


Parker and I painted spring pictures Friday while Sawyer napped.


My sister Susie and her boyfriend Terry sent a big box of gifts as a surprise: new jammies for Parker, bristle blocks for Sawyer, a gorgeous apron for me and a lavender sachet that has my whole living room smelling like spring. My family rocks.

Today we dyed eggs with our neighbor friends, Ethan and Amanda.

Parker didn't need that little wire egg holder. His hands were much more convenient.

Sawyer spent the day running around barefoot in the grass. We'll be doing plenty more of that.

"If I had my life to live over, I would start barefoot earlier in the spring and stay that way later in the fall." ~Nadine Stair

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Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Spring, Butterflies and Easter


Easter came with blue skies and puffy white clouds. A perfect day for hanging out in the backyard. It started at 6:20 a.m., when Parker came downstairs and found his Easter basket full of goodies. After a family Easter egg hunt, we let our five butterflies fly free - a fitting symbol of rebirth, new life and change on this holiday that began as a celebration of spring, with the bunny and the egg representing fertility and new life. (Yeah, I did a little research. I was curious myself and needed to explain the holiday - what it means to different people - to Parker.) Interesting how the Christian celebration of the Resurrection became all entwined with the egg and the bunny and candy ... and then there's Passover, which Parker remembers from his years in a Jewish preschool. ...
For us, it's a celebration of the beauty of spring, the joy of life, and being together as a family.
We hope your holiday was full of happy family memories.
















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