Spring Break is one of my favorite times of year. Spencer is home for 2 weeks, the weather is usually getting warmer, and we often connect with friends and go on adventures.
The kids built a jail in our backyard with some of the leftover wood from our renovations.
The playhouse kitchen is open for service.
Silas switched to a front-facing car seat. His face is a true representation of how he originally felt about this change. He spent his first few rides crying as loud as he could. When there was a pause in his crying, Peter would say "Baby are you sad? You are crying, Baby."
Thankfully he is now a fan of his seat and I am now able to hear and resume answering the thousands of questions that come from the back row of our van.
I decided it would be a good idea to give the girls the haircuts they had been asking for. Thankfully they all love their haircuts and we also do not own a mirror that would permit them to see the back of their hair (it is somewhat crooked).
Our friend Diya came for a visit and we went on a rainy-day walk down the trail.
We spotted another great blue heron. Maybe a relative of Mr. Robson's.
Our friends, the Pasko's came for a visit. The kids loved their dog and are always very fond of Mr. Dave as well (as seen in the picture below).
Peter had an appointment with the doctor over the break. During his appointment, Peter told Dr. Hansen that the school bus had a broken wheel. Dr. Hansen told Peter he could take the bus home and repair it. Peter was thrilled and would like to see Dr. Hansen again.
Brotherly love. These two are so sweet. Peter has been doing a better job of handling his frustration over baby ruining his train tracks, or his car tracks. When baby ruins something that Peter is building his new response is, "well... Baby doesn't know any better than that." This is a significant upgrade from shoving baby over.
We don't normally see bald eagles in our neighborhood, but this guy has been hanging around lately. I spotted him on my morning run and when I got home I brought the kids back to the tree he was perched on. They were excited to see an eagle so close to our home.
And it's that time of year again.. baby snails!
We happened to be driving by the horse track when the horses were practicing for a race.
And we visited the Surrey museum. Peter was fascinated by the emergency vehicle exhibit.
Mickey and Minnie times 2.
Ella enjoyed looking at the old fashioned kitchens and wondered if this is what kitchens looked like in Anne's day.
Mr. Robson.
We had our friends Samia, Esnay, and Samia's 4 kids over for dinner the other day. I love that our table is serving it's purpose. We wanted a table with a long bench so that we could fit lots of kids on it.
And today we ventured down to Stanley Park, Science World and Granville Island. We left this morning and didn't come back until after dinner. We had such a wonderful time.
Flipping rocks for crabs.
A baby crab.
We found some beautiful and unique ducks.
Above are wood ducks and below are lesser scaup. We have never seen a lesser scaup before so we were excited to identify something new.
A boy, his yellow boots, and some mud.
We stopped by Science World and had fun doing some building.
We ended our day at Granville Island. We live in such a beautiful place. We were very thankful for all that we observed and the people we met on our adventure. I often meet older ladies who tell me that they also have a large family or grew up in a large family and they tell me their fond memories. We met a 89 year old woman walking the sea wall who had moved here from Berlin after the war. Meeting her was definitely a highlight of our day.
