Squeally Peels of Laughter
This little family had one big, full Easter weekend.
We remembered Christ's sacrifice by doing our own Seder dinner. Mike led himself and me in communion. We let Addy try the elements of the Seder. Her immediate and strong response to the tiniest taste of horseradish on her tongue was hilarious.
We dyed Easter eggs. Just the good old fashioned dyed eggs... with some jungle animal attachments.
We participated in the 3rd Annual Green Pickle Day. Every year at Christmas time someone hides a green pickle ornament on my parent's Christmas tree. Whoever finds the elusive pickle gets to decide where the family goes for a day trip. I found it this year. I picked the ocean.
I love Green Pickle Day. I look forward to it every year. It's the one day of the year, besides holidays, when my entire family gets together to do something. Now that most of us kids are grown, this is a rare and precious thing indeed.
This year, my grandma's visit from the Midwest happened to coincide with Green Pickle Day so she came along too. I love spending time with her and love that my kids got to spend time with her. We stopped at a park on the way to the beach for our picnic, complete with pickles of course. The beach was a gorgeous sunny and 70... we couldn't have asked for nicer weather. We finished the day off with some Betty's Burgers. Great day. Even better people.
Michael took Monday off of work. Okay, I actually told him he was taking it off (and he all too willingly complied). I just felt like we needed a normal family day. So, we slept in. I made breakfast: baked steel cut oats and eggs. (I will be sharing that one soon, it's too good not to.) We went to Costco for lunch and met up with Mike's parents. We dropped the groceries off and headed to the zoo. It's just a small zoo, but it was super close and super cheap to visit. Mom and Dad liked this easy, inexpensive family activity. Addy loved it!
Highlight of the day... well, actually of the whole weekend...
Addy wanted to ride her first roller coaster at the little fun town next to the zoo. I was hesitant. She was going without mom or dad. She was going with a random little girl she met. It was just a little roller coaster, but what if she got scared? What if she tried to climb out? What if it traumatized her and she never rides another coaster? Oh the mind of a mother! She got on that coaster, and immediately I heard her squeally peels of laughter ring through the entire park. Girlfriend had a blast! She was laughing so hard she even had the roller coaster operator laughing.
That's my girl. She loves life and embraces people. Her laughter is contagious. I love her!
Second favorite part: Upon using the last ticket and exiting her final ride, Addy tells the ride operator "I want to have my ticket back. Pllleeease."
Yeah. That's not quite how that works, Addy. But nice try. :)
Hope you had wonderful weekends as well.
xo
We remembered Christ's sacrifice by doing our own Seder dinner. Mike led himself and me in communion. We let Addy try the elements of the Seder. Her immediate and strong response to the tiniest taste of horseradish on her tongue was hilarious.
We dyed Easter eggs. Just the good old fashioned dyed eggs... with some jungle animal attachments.
We participated in the 3rd Annual Green Pickle Day. Every year at Christmas time someone hides a green pickle ornament on my parent's Christmas tree. Whoever finds the elusive pickle gets to decide where the family goes for a day trip. I found it this year. I picked the ocean.
I love Green Pickle Day. I look forward to it every year. It's the one day of the year, besides holidays, when my entire family gets together to do something. Now that most of us kids are grown, this is a rare and precious thing indeed.
This year, my grandma's visit from the Midwest happened to coincide with Green Pickle Day so she came along too. I love spending time with her and love that my kids got to spend time with her. We stopped at a park on the way to the beach for our picnic, complete with pickles of course. The beach was a gorgeous sunny and 70... we couldn't have asked for nicer weather. We finished the day off with some Betty's Burgers. Great day. Even better people.
Michael took Monday off of work. Okay, I actually told him he was taking it off (and he all too willingly complied). I just felt like we needed a normal family day. So, we slept in. I made breakfast: baked steel cut oats and eggs. (I will be sharing that one soon, it's too good not to.) We went to Costco for lunch and met up with Mike's parents. We dropped the groceries off and headed to the zoo. It's just a small zoo, but it was super close and super cheap to visit. Mom and Dad liked this easy, inexpensive family activity. Addy loved it!
Highlight of the day... well, actually of the whole weekend...
Addy wanted to ride her first roller coaster at the little fun town next to the zoo. I was hesitant. She was going without mom or dad. She was going with a random little girl she met. It was just a little roller coaster, but what if she got scared? What if she tried to climb out? What if it traumatized her and she never rides another coaster? Oh the mind of a mother! She got on that coaster, and immediately I heard her squeally peels of laughter ring through the entire park. Girlfriend had a blast! She was laughing so hard she even had the roller coaster operator laughing.
That's my girl. She loves life and embraces people. Her laughter is contagious. I love her!
Second favorite part: Upon using the last ticket and exiting her final ride, Addy tells the ride operator "I want to have my ticket back. Pllleeease."
Yeah. That's not quite how that works, Addy. But nice try. :)
Hope you had wonderful weekends as well.
xo