Field Trip #2

 Tavish's second field trip was to an outdoor nature center where he learned about squirrels...

 did some pond-netting...Tavish didn't catch anything in his net but some others caught a few shrimp and tadpoles and only one kid fell in...

 they hunted for bugs in old logs...

and got to pet a snake (I passed.)

Little Shopper

A couple of weeks ago I caved and finally let Paxton push the little cart at Trader Joe's and he is in heaven. He insists on putting as many of the groceries as humanly possible in his cart while I am pushing a mostly empty large shopping cart. And he loves having access to whatever he can reach...he wanted corn on the cob, purple grapes and the ever popular fruit leather this shopping trip. He is actually a pretty good little shopper and only manages to clip my heels with slightly less frequency than Tavish does. (of note, I find it completely ironic that the background of this photo is of the wine section)

Back to the river

Three cute bums...with some goofballs in the background.

One of our favorite things to do on summer Sundays after breakfast-for-dinner is to go down by the river. The boys got new bug nets from the Easter Bunny with which they were anxious to catch fish. None were caught which was very disappointing but many rocks were thrown in the river and much exploring done which alleviated the disappointment. Paxton managed to climb up on a stepping stone without any assistance and was very proud of himself. We were just missing Katie...

Hibernation ends...

We are finally starting to feel as if our hibernation from this loooong winter and fickle spring is over and we can go do some of the things we have been waiting for...like miniature golf! Paxton got his own club this time and definitely has his own ideas about how to golf (one-handed). Tavish surprised me by remembering what I taught him last year. We only lost two out of the three balls to water traps (after rescuing one) and Tavish found the secret trap where all the balls are collected on the 18th hole...he opened it up and wanted to give all the balls away. So much more fun this year without  me repeating "hold the club this way!" and "stand this way!" at every hole while trying to speed-golf our way through the course before Paxton had a meltdown in the stroller. Bring on spring!