Green!! Life Continues...

I feel as though life is just entering that Summertime mode where you realize how fleeting it really is. The calendar is filling up and the world is truly green again. Broccoli and peas have been planted, along with that garlic that was planted last fall.

Pure Joy

Admiration.

My Little Actor

I love these pictures of Riley's attempts at capturing different emotions. It was like a real photo shoot (or what I would imagine one to be like). Oh, the drama!

Scared

Sad

Excited

Angry

Montshire Museum

More than a month ago now, we went to the Montshire Museum about an hour north of here in Norwich, VT. We explored all their wonderful indoor exhibits and want to go back soon to see all the outdoor areas we missed due to snow cover. The following descriptions are brought to you by Riley...


This is a ball machine. There were lots of silver balls inside that came up when you cranked a handle. And there was this track that led the balls down.

This is special rotating chair. Somebody spun it and then you were spinning around too fast and then you fell off. (This did not really happen.)

Davey is touching the silver squares that you shot with the air cannon. To shoot the air cannon you had to bang the back which was made of cloth (rubber, actually) then a air shot came out and made the silver squares shake.

Here you can see Daddy and me downstairs by the sailing table.

This is Davey playing in the playroom of the Montshire.

Happy Late Easter!

Of course my Easter post is a bit late, but at least Easter was so early this year that it kinds of evens out, right? We headed down to Rhode Island to spend the weekend with Grancy, Aunt Pat, and Tio Nathan. It was a quick trip (only one night), but really fun. Saturday was actually the more festive day, what with Patty-Pat there, and with everyone still riding the excitement of arrival.

It wouldn't be Easter without coloring eggs with carcinogenic dye!!
Sometimes ritual trumps logic...

A cold, but gloriously sunny day had us outside. What better way to celebrate the arrival of spring?

And of course some non-weapons grade rocket launching fun.

Self-portrait.

Tio practicing his ever improving child handling skills.

The volcano that was sort of fun to watch...

and the diet coke and mentos combination that far surpassed it. (Tio and Nathan get bored easily away from life's larger responsibilities, like work.)

A little wine made everyone a little silly. The yams were also worn as Grancy's horns and nostril decorations...

After all was said and done, an afternoon nap on the couch was surely in order.

Happy Spring!!

Well, it's official. Spring has arrived. This is by far the longest, hardest winter I have ever experienced in my almost 33 years. Crocuses may not be blooming, but the snow is melting at its own glacial pace, and that lingering sunshine at Davey's bedtime can't be wrong. Plus, even though the sidewalks have not reemerged yet, Riley is back on his bike. We resumed our previous habit of walking/riding to the local church playground, only this time Davey was on the tricycle instead of in the stroller, and joining in with our calls of "car", adding "caw" to the chorus. It must be spring!







And here is further proof...actual flowers!! (The only ones I've seen so far.)

Madison Part IV

Please scroll down and start at the beginning...backwards, I know.

And here is the main reason we travelled so far...Nathan's Grandpa. His health is failing and it has been 2 years since we've last seen him and Grandma.

Great Grandma made us a delicious mid-western meal for dinner. BBQ chicken, rice, greenbeans from Dawn and Linda's garden...oh, and a spectacular chocolate cake for dessert (Grandpa's favorite).

It was so good to see them, and the goodbye was more emotional than we anticipated. We love you Grandpa and Grandma!!

Madison Part III

The next morning we went to a local conservatory to pretend, just for an hour or so, that winter wasn't still digging in it's claws. Oh, the moist, moist air!! The GREEN!! The flowers!! The birds!!

Grandma Cheryl and her boys sure had fun.