Easter Fun

This year I decided I'd like to do something different than the traditional big dinner for Easter... head to the tulip fields! I am glad we did, we had a lot of fun. Although the weather did not cooperate as nicely as I'd hoped, we enjoyed some good rain coat weather. It is Washington after all, I wouldn't expect too much more this time of year.

We went up to the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. It is such a beautiful region. The sprawling valley is just stunning, wonderful scenery to enjoy and some great natural sights. We took in several eagle viewing opportunities and stopped at a small bird preserve on the way home.

Holly really enjoyed her day. The bunny paid her a visit hiding many eggs throughout the house and a really nice basket of treats & toys. Holly was especially excited because the Easter bunny stuffed some Polly Pockets into her basket... she played with them all morning and is back at it this morning too! I think the bunny did a good job with the Pollys!

It was a beautiful day!

Let The Fun Begin

We have officially broke ground for our upcoming playhouse and exploration garden project. Bryan has began working on some concrete removal. With that comes dirt and lots of it. Which coupled with the rain showers that have finally started gracing our neck of the woods... well, you get mud! Lots and lots of mud. Oh, and a great mud puddles.

Holly loves a good mud puddle. Who doesn't really? Here she is working with her tools to create a 'river' and 'lakes'. She actually did a pretty darn good job of figuring out how to layer it down the slope to make each lake. Engineering 101!

Longing for some *SUN*

Just a little!! That is really all we are asking for, just a little sunshine! We got a great teaser a few weekends ago and then bam - rain... rain... and yet, more rain! Even I, the one born & raised in Washington, am longing for sun! If the opportunity presented itself to move to sun... I think we would be all over it! (No need to worry!) But, I will admit Arizona sounds incredibly tempting!

Today after a morning cancelled due to rain, a mom who was just tired of being wet & cold (yesterday was a day in the rain) and a day of errands in the rain Holly announced that we need to go to the sun. She was serious, "Mom, can we go to the sun? I think I am tire of the rain now." When even your three year old is noticing the rain then you have to wonder if it's been too much!

Now don't get me wrong, we are not cooped up in the house when it rains - in fact we often make a nice muddy mess outside in the rain, take family walks in the rain and play in the grass in the rain -- you have to OR you'd never be outside!

Here are some fun photos of our smidge of sun that taunted us a few weeks ago - some classic fun in the sun!