Easter 2010

A great day!

Egg Hunt at Whetstone and egg dying

Vermont

I am realizing that I have not posted in forever.
We recently went to Vermont with some friends from Church.
We had a great time. We went skiing and sledding and on a sleigh ride.
it was a blast.
Here are some photos.

it's beginning to look a lot like Christmas!

we started the week with a wonderful package form brice and christie with the awesome playmobile nativity scene. the kids have loved playing with that.


then we forgot to go to nell's lantern walk at school, so we had our own at home with the lantern that Nell had made.


then yesterday we went and picked a tree, had a picnic in front of the fire then decorated he Christmas tree. A nice night.







Today we went to church, then off to the Elms to see Santa, as it turns out, Santa was at the Marble House, so we went there instead. We got there early and did not have to wait. Nell decided not to sit with Santa, but she talked to him from my hip.



We had a nice time.
I am headed down to help in the kitchen at the church for the Victorian Tea.

our day at the museum

because the weather was looking crummy we decided not to make the trip to nyc.
instead we headed up to amherst ma to the eric carle museum of picture book art.


it was a bit of a drive up there, but we had a great time.
it was very cool to see the original art work that created a lot of the books that we know and love.
not just by eric carle but richard scarry and others.
it was fascinating because you could see where they had placed/taped the text onto the illustrations. these were pre-scanner days i guess.
we also we able to go into the art studio and make crafts,

and read in the library.


after leaving the museum we went into town and i went into a little shop called essentials, i had read about it online. it was very cute. i got a new mug for tea.


on the way into town we spotted a local mexican restaurant and decided to go there for a late lunch. it was very tasty and fun to try somewhere new.

after lunch it was time to head home. we had a great day.
who knows what is in store for tomorrow.

Nell's 3

Nell had a great birthday.
We woke up early and made birthday pancakes.

Nell opened presents and got a birthday hug from Zaven.


Nell enjoyed birthday calls and messages from her friends and grandparents.


Nell went off to school. Then later in the day we all went to Nell's school and had a little birthday celebration.

Then we all went to Providence to the Build a Bear workshop. Nell made a little grey cat that she named Peanut. Zaven made an owl he named hoothoot.

Nell's birthday Party

We had a fun party today for Nell's 3rd birthday.
We were lucky all of our invited guests came and they were very cute.
There was not a lot of sitting at the table for tea, but they did eat some of the finger sandwiches, vegetables and enjoyed playing with the balloons and playing pin the clothes on the dolly.

When the word cupcakes came into play, the children quickly sat down and enjoyed.
Here are some photos, they were on the move quite a bit, so we mostly have shots of Nell.