Easter

The kids really enjoyed Easter this year. We don't make a big deal out of it, and barely mention the Easter bunny, but last year, in a moment of weakness, I bought the kids an Italian Easter egg from Maria's in the North End. I wasn't really thinking this would become tradition, but Max remembered it clearly, so this year, Grandma and I went in and bought each child an egg (Lauren would definitely have noticed if she didn't get her own toy this year). Max was thrilled and had a great time opening his and finding his rooster in it. He also enjoyed helping Lauren open hers. We also hid plastic eggs filled with stickers around the house. They really enjoyed finding them.

I am not sure if we will to the chocolate eggs again next year as they really cause issues when it comes to kids wanting to eat chocolate all day, but they definitely are fun.

Kids in Wigs

The kids love to play with my wigs. We have two that we have decided to let them call their own. They love them. Max has claimed the black one as his, and Lauren, the blond. The results are pretty funny. For some reason, when Max puts "his" on, it really accentuates those beautiful red cheeks and lips (got to love those telling us his body is still making lots of red cells). Lauren's look is something else, too.

Oh, and just for the record, I do know that Max is going to hate me for this one when he gets older.

Another day to play in the snow

I think everyone was surprised at how much show we got this weekend, including the weather-people. There wasn't much talk of snow happening, and then on Thursday night / Friday morning they started predicting anywhere from four to ten inches falling from Friday night to Saturday morning. It did snow for a long time, but we ended up with about five inches of heavy snow. Saturday afternoon we packed up the kids, the dogs, and the snowshoes, and headed over to Great Brook Farm to tromp off through the woods. As usual, (and you'd think we'd plan for this by now) Max announced he wanted to get in the carrier. So we took Lauren down, put Max up, and of course Lauren wanted to get into Max's snowshoes. She stomped around in them for a while, announced "I doing it!", and then grew tired and asked me to take them off for her.


Max did eventually get down from the carrier again, and he and I trekked along while Mom and Lauren went off after the dogs. The dogs never get too far ahead of us, but they do spend a lot of time running back and looking at us as if to say "Well, are you guys coming or what?" Today Max made sure he payed attention to everything along the way so that we would know how to get back when we were done. Imagine his surprise when he found we walked in a big loop and ended up back where we started. At least he recognized that, so he must have been paying attention.




After trekking through the snow for an hour or two the kids were a little cold. At least that's the excuse they gave us when they asked for hot chocolates. In the winter they offer cross-country skiing at Great Brook Farm and one of the old farm buildings has been converted into a lodge and ski rental shop. We ordered hot chocolates for each of us and settled down at a picnic table. It was my first time in the lodge and I had a good time exploring the old silo and split-log benches. Max and Lauren, for the most part, sat and enjoyed some nice hot chocolate and talked with the other children. It was another good day in the snow for us all.