A Day in the Country

We went down to Pine Island to visit Grandma and Grandpa Friary recently. With all the recent nice weather, we were itching to get the camper out of our driveway and do some camping.

Plus, with the new family addition, we weren't sure how he was going to handle camping (and sleeping) in our camper. So we decided to try things out in familiar territory so that if things went horribly wrong, we wouldn't be too far from comfort.

We spent one of the days out at Grandma and Grandpa's new country retreat. Out in the country near where the old family Mosher farm used to be, they have land. On that land, they built a shed, kind of a fancy schmancy shed as far as sheds go.

It also has an awesome view and lots of land to roam. Well, the neighboring land is owned by other relatives. But hopefully they like us still and are ok with us wandering a bit on their land... :)


It was a beautiful day and we spent some time wandering through the tall grass.


The dogs loved it. All three of them. No, we did not adopt any MORE dogs, the other two goldens belong to Grandma and Grandpa. Sometimes it was hard to tell at a distance who was which dog.

We played in the shed on tractors and rode our bikes around too.


It was a beautiful day!

Dresses

When I first found out that I was having a baby girl several years back, I was excited. Excited for many reasons, but one was so I could buy all those really cute girl baby/toddler clothes they have now. I remember when I was little that the clothes weren't exactly as cool as they are now.

But to my dismay, Cailin REFUSED to wear any kind of dresses. She hated them. I had so many adorable dresses that went on to another family having never been worn by Cailin. "Oh well, maybe someday...." I'd think.

But that has all changed lately. One day she says to me "Mom, why don't I have any dresses? I'd like to wear a dress today..." So off to the store I went and bought a few dresses.

There was a craft fair in town recently and there is a vendor that I love that goes every time. She makes really cute tie-dyed stuff.

So I bought her a dress. (just ignore the sweatshirt - it was a bit chilly on this particular day)

And, she actually is wearing the dresses I bought for her.

And she looks really cute in them to say the least.

Wish I could wear stuff like that and look cute like her.

Easter Weekend

This year (as with most years) we began the Easter Weekend with coloring of the eggs. The kids LOVE to do this activity and when I was at the store I wasn't sure which coloring kit they'd like, so I bought two. That was more than enough and we got to coloring.

Mike helped with the eggs.

Then Cailin and Andrew had to show off their hard work.



Andrew thought we should hide the eggs in the backyard until I reminded him that it was only Thursday (a few days away from the arrival of the infamous bunny) and that our dog Jake would make sure nothing was left if we put them outside. And I don't even want to think about what that would look like if Jake ate one dozen colored, hard-boiled eggs. yuck!

Cailin woke up bright and early Sunday morning and thought that the Easter Bunny had indeed arrived since it was morning. It was painful to her to wait until Andrew woke up, who surprisingly, decided to sleep in. Once both kids were up, it was the instant search for the baskets that were well-hidden. Cailin found her basket and then helped Andrew find his.


On Sunday afternoon, we headed to our Aunt Rayna's house for the family gathering. We were thrilled to see Joey who was back from college for spring break, as we were excited to see everyone else. We all had a late lunch together and then set off on our big egg hunt. They have a large yard, so it was a big search and lots of fun!

Cailin was 'directing' her little brother - as usual on the ins and outs of egg hunting.


And they were successful in finding all of their candy-filled eggs. Then of course they needed to enjoy their goodies!


Then we played and played and played and played and played. Needless to say by the time we got back home, the kids were fired up on sugar, filthy from playing outside all day and absolutely exhausted. It was an awesome day!