Outside Finally!!!

The weather has finally hit the 40's, low 50's if we are lucky! The snow is just about gone and we headed out to play yesterday. Caroline was pretty quiet and sucked her thumb quite a bit, but still enjoyed running around with Charlotte and Baylie. Charlotte was practicing for preschool soccer which starts in a few weeks, she is pretty good! So happy we can go out and play now!

Egg Hunt

Only in Vermont do you have an egg hunt with a foot of snow...

Since we have no snow at our house I wasn't anticipating that there would be snow at the egg hunt, however I failed to calculate in the elevation change. Our town's egg hunt was only for kids ages 3-12, so we went to a nearby one that included Caroline's age as well. I didn't even pack warm clothes, but thankfully my car is so filled with junk extra clothes etc. we had enough to outfit the kids in warmer gear.

 Of course while we waited for the egg hunt to start Charlotte declared she needed to go to the bathroom, and of course there weren't any. Mimi took her behind a building, but she wasn't thrilled with that idea. Clearly she did that too much in her younger days.

 Jenni and Marcus came with us and Caroline just loves Jenni. I took her from Jenni and she started screaming. Since Charlotte was pouting we got a picture of Caroline and Marcus with the bunny!

 Charlotte made it back in time to start the egg hunt. She was very particular with what eggs she wanted, she couldn't have two of the same color, so she passed up quite a few eggs!

 I took Caroline to the 3 and under area to collect eggs but a foot of snow is hard to walk in when you are only 2 1/2 feet tall! I put 3 eggs in her basket for her and once she fell it was all over.

The kids were super uncooperative today, but they were thrilled with all the candy inside their eggs. 

 We then walked over to the country store for some more candy (what are we crazy?!!) and to look around. Caroline very happily sat in the stroller with a lollipop.

Maybe there will be another egg hunt tomorrow??

Phone Photo Update

Thought I would upload some pictures from the past few weeks that were saved on my phone! Enjoy!

Maple Syrup Breakfast

This morning Ellen, the girls and I went to meet Jenni, Marcus and her mom at the local forest/farm center for their annual Maple Syrup celebration. It was suppose to be warmer than it was, so the kids were a bit chilly but happy to be out of the house. 

Charlotte checked the maple buckets to see if there was any sap. She was very pleased to see some in the bottom!

Caroline had her big puffy jacket on which she was not pleased with, and then she needed her diaper changed, which I changed on the cold ground. We are creating tough children over here!

We headed inside to the breakfast. The girls were hungry and ate lots of pancakes! The maple syrup was delicious!

Ellen and I ate in shifts, she now understand why it is easier for me when alone to stay home! We took Caroline outside when she was finished eating and did a jacket and glove change. She much preferred socks on her hands.

We then headed up to see the baby animals. Charlotte hopped right in the pig pen while Caroline watched from outside. I was afraid if I let her in she would have tackled a piglet.

Charlotte loved hanging out with the pigs!

 Caroline is quite the brute. Poor Marcus was trying to see the piglets also, but Caroline wanted the whole entrance to herself, so she just pushed her way right over.

 We then headed to the horse barn. Charlotte checked out the horses with Ellen and Jenni. Caroline wasn't allowed because she was likely to yell and scare the horses, or try to climb up their leg.

While Charlotte and Marcus were checking out the horses Caroline was checking out the sheep, since they were gated off and she couldn't possibly attack them.

Caroline started to quickly melt so we decided to head back, but not before Charlotte threw a nice snowball at Ellen! Sorry Ellen! 

Both girls cried the whole wagon ride back, Caroline because she was over it and cold, and Charlotte because other kids got to sit in front of the wagon and "drive" the horses. It was a good lesson to learn, however I wish it didn't happen in the cold, on a wagon. I had to hold both girls, and they were still screaming. All in all it was a fun day, and I couldn't have done it without Ellen's help!! Thanks Ellen!

Easter Eggs

Ellen came over to visit us this weekend and Charlotte has been demanding her undivided attention. I am pretty sure she is going to go home in need of some serious sleep! Charlotte has been asking to color eggs for Easter and I thought this would be the perfect time to do it! She was very excited this afternoon to get all the colors ready!

After convincing Caroline that she couldn't drink the vinegar, dye water, we moved to the table to start coloring!

Charlotte did a great job dunking her eggs and waiting!

Caroline of course wanted to join in the fun, so she got a plastic egg with some water. She was just as thrilled.

 I then used my better judgement and gave her a plastic bowl instead of a glass cup. She thought this was a great cup to drink from.

 She also dumped most of the water all over herself.

 

Charlotte was very excited with all her eggs.

 They came out great! There is already a request for doing this fun activity again!