Our Easter weekend in
♥ Sunny afternoons in the park with Gretchen, watching Mourning Doves and Robins flit about
♥ Colouring Easter Eggs with onion skins
♥ Making muffins together, and squash, and Spanish Rice and all sorts of tasty delights
♥ Walks downtown and bus rides home, strolls through the park with stick & rocks in hand
♥ Dinner with my ma, a visit from gramma
♥ Bubbles, dolls, plastic eggs with stickers inside, and tiny toys and a bouncing chick
♥ Afternoon naps
♥ Peppermint tea with lots of honey (and drinking that tea on our front porch)
♥ Eggies, Jelly Bellys, Mini Eggs
♥ Visits with neighbour-dogs, climbing trees and rockpiles
♥ Gretchen's words to me, Sunday evening, post-bath... I love you! Happy Easter! Happy Easter, mummy!
The thing about these Love Lists is that I'm not supposed to say things like "the boy's weekend shifts make me want to cry" and "I have a sore throat and swollen glands and can't sleep", but sometimes I think I should add in these things in so that you're not all under the impression that things are permanently peachy in my neck of the woods. Honestly, this weekend had its ups and downs, and we got some "news" that is making life a little more, shall we say, interesting & challenging, so I'm going with the flow. I know that things will work out. They always do. Overall, our weekend was quite nice and each day that passes brings to light the fact that Gretchen is growing so quickly and is completely brilliant. Her sense of self, her vocabulary, her incredible stubbornness -- it's all there and it's all amazing. We've had some intense moments, this two year old and I, but I am seriously enjoying watching her morph into this wonderfully independent little person.
I hope your weekend was as full and as vibrant as mine. All the best.
