LATE POST: I had this sitting in the draft box since early April and just never got to finishing writing it. Post is going to be short because Easter was over six weeks ago and well, brain farts.
On Easter morning, we got together with the neighbors and had an Easter egg hunt between our two houses. The kids had a blast and got WAY too much candy. Finn had her hands full with another boy who would watch her to find out which way she was headed. She would find the eggs, but not run fast enough to get there before him and he would scoop up the egg she was headed for. But she definitely got enough eggs -- no doubt. Happy belated Easter!
We have a field behind our house. It's a field that is now 3/4 open. But when we moved in, half of it was fenced it. It used to hold a donkey, three goats, and some sheep. Now the half that is left just contains sheep. Behind in the sheep, there is a hill of green that you can see in some of the photos on the right. I like to call that place "Dirt Mountain". When they opened up half of the field, they moved the one goat left and her two babies over to Dirt Mountain. So we have to walk around the sheep enclosure to see the goats. For little kids, it's a long walk...
E went to Ireland to help with the lambing again this season. When he came back, he brought Fish a hat. And so because they both have their very own Irish sweaters and because the weather was overcast and misty-rainy, I decided today the weather was very reminiscent of Ireland. So we headed over to the sheep and shot some photos quick. Apologies for the photos all being the same (basically), but I honestly couldn't decide which ones I thought were better (usually I cull out about 70% of the photos). I think that it's because I haven't actually taken good photos of the kids since last November. And Fish definitely loved his shillelagh (which was just a longer stick that I found on the way.
This was fog outside our front door. It was so creepy!
A little look inside Finn's school day.
Fish was starting to take interest in the potty (for a hot minute).
School Daze 19.1
The night before my trip, Granny & Opa were here and the kids wanted to put on a dance show for them, hence the dresses and Katy Perry.
February was also the month that I was blessed to have my best friend in the entire world move up from FLA to live in Philly. I flew down and we road-tripped all the way up to PA. It was one of the best trips of my life. We drank our way through the South and Mid-Atlantic and also did a lot of fun things, like ghost tours in Savannah, the Biltmore in Asheville, and World of Beer in Charlottesville.
We were also blessed to have Bennie's presence on our trip. She was hours of entertainment in the long hours in the car.
MeerCat Manor
The Biltmore, which has some amazing wines BTW.
This photo sums up the entire trip. We had a huge blast and it was really cold.
Opa & Granny came and started with E & the kids to watch them during the day.
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Daddy was in charge of compiling Finn's Valentine's for her party on that Friday.
Fish got a tattoo while I was away as well.
When I got home, we decided to FaceTime (which was how the kids kept tabs on me on my trip). Yes, my kids were up until 10:36pm on the day that I came back.
Fish was crowning Munky with the Barbie duct tape crown.
Playing hide & seek -- look who's peeking.
Finn's birthday breakfast
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Note the fashion model pose that has begun and will continue throughout the rest of the year.
Handyman Fish
Finn got to wear a crown on her birthday at school.
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Fish is also taking up the model pose.
We puppysat Lona for our friend who was in Japan for three weeks. Fish liked her crate.
We had a little birthday party with the neighbors for the kids' birthday party. It was a big hit.
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My beautiful girl
The goat had babies!!!!
School Daze 21.2
It was SuperHero Training Camp day.
This is a photo from the school FB site of Finn using her super-human strength to life dumbbells.
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Fish wasn't feeling well that day. Poor baby.
Fish & I were able to go into Finn's classroom and read a book from home for her birthday. She is the one that's in the gray/white striped shirt with the purple bow on the right.
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A new thing that has also developed in her daily school photo -- shut eyes. She likes to voluntarily shut her eyes for photos.
