Finally Spring!

Every spring when the snow finally starts to melt, if we have had enough snow, this lovely stream emerges in the woods behind our house.  This becomes all they want to do and every morning one of them will say "let's hurry up with breakfast so we can go down to the stream!".  Then they gear up in their rain boots and whatever else the chosen "tools" are of the moment and head down.  Sometimes I won't see them for hours.  This weekend this involved the kayaks as well.  And apparently a saw.  They tell me they are building a dock.

Not One But Two

Nora lost her first tooth yesterday!  It was very exciting and then we had a mishap with the actual tooth (she put it in a cup and I later put the cup in the dishwasher not knowing the tooth was in there) which was terrible.  We looked and looked and never found the tooth so we had to leave a note for the fairy.  Thankfully Nora seemed okay with this in the end also the thankfully the tooth fairy still came!



Then today her second tooth came out!  I have to admit it was hanging on by only a thread and very crooked.  Both of them had been in there loose for so long just waiting for someone to help them out a bit.  So the tooth fairy will be back tonight!

April Blizzards Bring May Gizzards

I think that's the saying anyway.





We made the most of it.  Ryan started building our new bookshelves and the girls made cookies.  I read and napped and didn't ever look outside other than taking this picture for reference.  But really I didn't mind being stranded at home one bit.  Last time I hope though.

Tortillas

Well I know from looking over the "springs" on my blog that sometimes spring never comes.  I'm not sure I would have known this if it weren't for my blog because like birth, we Minnesotans tend to forget the reality of such things once it's over.  When it is still winter in April people start to get a little stir crazy.  That was what I was dealing with on the day we decided to make tortillas- two crazy children.  It turns out it is a good solution- mixing, pounding and rolling out dough.  Plus they were delicious.  And they smelled amazing.  AND we had dinner half way finished which was also a real plus on this particular day (or any day for that matter).  And now I have it in the blog for next "spring".  Recipe found here.

Easter

{In their Easter clothes looking so cute}



But before that...

{Yawning, excited and cold- Early Easter morning}


{Where did that Bunny hide them?}



And later...


Ryan missed Easter this year.  He got sick yesterday and has not recovered.  So after our egg hunt and a lot of candy eating we went to my parent's without him.  My sister and my mom had their traditional egg hunt (always a favorite for the kids).  There was a delicious ham dinner, and of course Grace's carrot bars (I had two).  Grandma Sam and Grandpa Scott and Great Grandma Aleta came too.  It was a really nice day.