So I was all set to write a new blog post March 26th... edited my picture, had some thoughts in my head, etc. Not really sure what happened- life, sick kids, more life I guess! I have to admire bloggers who update their content daily, they must be way more disciplined than I am. I like to blog with two hands, and often I'm on here with one hand because of a youngun on my lap, so that's my excuse.
I've been slow to move into the mindset of celebrating the Easter Season, though it does help that our pastor is finishing his sermon series on Luke, coinciding (no coincidence I'm sure though) with Jesus' final days, death and resurrection. So that has been encouraging for me. But for my kids, of course so much is just about the trappings of Easter, though both girls do understand that Jesus died, but he didn't stay dead, He rose again! And Gwen has so sweetly been singing Jesus Loves Me quite frequently.
Anyway, the girls enjoyed their Easter Egg hunt at MOPS, which unfortunately because of rainy weather was moved indoors. I ended up with ONE decent picture. Here it is...
Okay, maybe not the best, but isn't her expression so cute? :) The girls opened all their eggs as they found them... Charlotte to check for peanuts, Gwendolyn just because she didn't know any better.
It was still a pretty gloomy day, but after we came the girls wanted to go play outside. With their Easter baskets. I'm not replacing them, either! And actually came up with a rather nifty "grass" idea that I might use...lining the basket with weeds! Which we have PLENTY of, since we neglected to aerate and reseed our lawn properly last fall! (Notice the nice grass behind Gwen's head... that is our neighbor's manicured yard...
It was really Gwendolyn's idea, but of course Charlotte ran with it, and Gwen dumped her "grass" out and started wearing the basket on her head.
And I wanted to share some spring pictures from my NEIGHBOR'S yard... as Jason said, it's nice to be retired and have hours to spend in your yard. Yes, we have an inferiority complex...
Those are forsythia and quince bushes above, and this cool tree to the left that I *think* is a tulip tree, I'm not sure... the blooms look like tulips though! And the picture below is a very tropical-bloom looking bush that I don't know the name of at all.
And then the final result, Charlotte's decorated basket, which actually looked nice inside for a few days!
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