Easter

Easter morning!  The kids got a new book, pajamas, and some fun treats.

Dexter got shark pajamas and a robot book.

Juliette got a Fancy Nancy book with matching pajamas.

For the Easter egg hunt, we joined in the cities festivities.  They have the middle school football field divided up into sections for each of the different age groups.  All the eggs were just thrown out on the field.  They challenged the older kids by not allowing bags/baskets and making them figure out different ways to collect their eggs.  The eggs were filled with coupons from the different businesses  around town and tokens to the carousel at the carousel mall.

It was cold and rainy the whole time.  

JJ almost got her picture in the newspaper, but a different kid made the page.  

I love that she went in her pink tutu.  It is very much her style!

JJ was the only brave one to sit on the easter bunny's lap.

The kids showing me their pj's

Then on sunday, we colored easter eggs.  The kids had fun and made beautiful eggs.

Part of April

During April Juliette learned how to pedal!  She caught on all in one day!

We had fun with the "popcorn tree" across from our apartment building.  It is so beautiful!  We had fun spotting "popcorn trees"  all over town and found a lot of different colors and "flavors" of popcorn.  The kids decided the pink popcorn trees were strawberry trees and the orange colored trees were, well, orange.  

 After hanging out with our friends the Clydes, Dexter was determined to climb this tree.  

He tried, 

and he tried,

and he tried,

but then he made it!

On one of Ashton's days off, we went exploring. We explored the estuary across from the apartment complex.   

We walked through the woods and learned about the 4 wind indian tribes that once called this place home.  

We found lots of animal tracks and found pretty areas.  

During one of the library story times, they had the firemen come and talk to the kids about fire safety and they got to see one of the fire trucks.  My kids were terrified to the practice drill of crawling on the floor to safety and they were almost as equally scarred of the fire truck.  They finally worked up the courage and went in and then sat on the back.  

We planted some food:  cherry tomatoes, peppers, strawberries,  spinach, and carrots.  We also planted some herbs.

We also got our flowers planted as well.

On another day off, we went to the beach.  This little girl loves to walk barefoot on the beach, or "in her toes" as she would say.  

We went early in the morning and found the crab carnage left from the seagulls breakfast feast.  

We also found this, but don't know what it is.  It is very jelly like and from the ocean :)