3 in a boat

Our most recent purchase, a canoe!

Here she is on her maiden voyage last week, when we had sunshine, blue sky and a lake that was beautifully still and quiet.

And a very friendly Salamander found by Luca!

No 'man overboard' (although I have no doubt that will happen at some point!).

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easter sunday around here

What a fabulous sunny Easter weekend here in Portland.  Clear blue skies.  Sunshine.  The first use of the grill outside in the garden for dinner Saturday and Sunday evening.  Perfect.

And, the Easter Bunny did her job well.  50+ eggs very well hidden = the Huzz and I getting a little extra Sunday morning lie in whilst the kiddos searched high and low throughout the house and garden for plastic eggs filled with chocolate treats.  A few yells of "Can you help us." and a flat "No" from us encouraged them to keep searching until the final few couldn't be found (and we were struggling to remember ourselves!).  And ... ah ha.... the last one was found in the fridge!

My favorite little white wooden Easter bunnies and chicks.

Hope you had a lovely weekend filled with chocolate treats and celebrating Easter just how you like to.

spring break, so far

Scenes from the first couple of days of our Spring Break....

Daffs are a sure sign that Spring has sprung.

A little early mini chocolate egg indulgence!

Lots of Harvey walking to the parks and getting him to part with rather large sticks!

Great lookout!  This little girl is fearless.

First day this year at the coast.

A bit of big brother tackling going on here!

One man and his dog.

Harvey's first day on a beach.  

What couldn't he love - digging holes, running, splashing, eating seaweed!

Always something new to do and find at the beach.

Trying to pull a huge pile of sea kelp up the beach (as you do!).