Saturday

Saturday we took Holly to a local children's gardening program that is sponsored through WSU Master Gardener's program. It is a great program for kids! We have attended several classes in the past couple of years and plan to do more this year. Saturday the theme was on Mason Bees. They learned all about the Mason Bee, their homes, how they live, how they lay eggs, what they eat, etc. It was pretty cool. The kids also got to head out and explore the Jack in the Bean Stalk garden geared towards children. When the whole session was over the kids all left with a Mason Bee nesting block. We are in the process of searching out the perfect home for our new nesting block within Holly's exploration garden.

After that class we high tailed it out to attempt to catch the Daffodil Parade in Sumner - we made it just in time and didn't even have to rush. The day was perfect once again for this parade - sunshine galore! Holly enjoys a good parade... and so do I. It made for a good afternoon and a tired evening fit for relaxing!

Science Gal

Holly loves all things science and nature... there is no denying that! She has a mind for it. Most little girls her age are really into dress up, princess characters and all things 'girlie'. Holly likes those things, but she will choose a science based activity or toy in a heartbeat over the girlie options in life.

Today was a good dose of reality for me. I was picking up the living room after she spent the morning reading and playing. I was not picking up My Little Ponies or Barbies or Polly Pockets, rather I was picking up books, binoculars and magnifying glasses. This is how I found my coffee table.... and this is just a sampling of her science/nature books -- we have a ton of them! And, I might comment while I was cleaning this up she was in the bathroom washing her magnifying glass in order to inspect her garden for bugs.

Two Months Old

Hudson is two months old today.

Where has the time gone?

Hudson's Newborn Photos

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!

Easter Eggs

Thursday night we got together with the Ross Family to do our yearly 'Easter Egg' night. We made a great dinner to enjoy and then broke out the supplies to color eggs. Each year we really have a good time doing this, it has become a nice little tradition we share together and one that we look forward to.

Easter Art

Yesterday we kept busy with some fun Easter themed art projects. We also did a bit of holiday decorating and have enjoyed reading several Easter & Spring books. It has been a good week! Tonight we are looking forward to coloring our Easter Eggs... another creative experience we enjoy -- usually more than once a year. Who says you have to wait for Easter, right?

Anyhow, Holly enjoyed creating a paper chain using pink, purple and yellow paper strips. To her those were Easter colors. She loves to use Daddy's stapler. Even though the paper chain is a fun activity and requires good hand skill - reality is, she would have had as much fun just stapling a bunch of paper over and over. Maybe someday I'll let her do that.

We also made these cute paper Easter eggs. This one seemed like a fun little project so I decided to make one too. Holly is always wanting us to also make art with her, our own projects - sometimes we do and sometimes we pass. Today, I jumped in and had fun! The eggs took a long time and required a lot of work -- they took about an hour and half to make. We made our designs on the eggs, cut a ton of little colored tissue squares and then crinkled them all up to glue onto our patterns. I am sure Holly's little fingers were tired by the time we were done. She held up well to this project and had fun doing it. And, I must say that she is pretty darn proud of how well her egg turned out too!