Our First Spring Beach Day

The weather's been a bit crazy. There was a covering of snow on Wednesday. Thank goodness that didn't last, and the weather today was beautiful. We ate breakfast out at a restaurant (outside) for the first time since the pandemic. It was fantastic. Simply Foods is just down the road and has a great patio with lawn games. Of course, the boys found the TV inside...

With full bellies, we decided to be adventurous this afternoon and hike down from the upper parking lot at Moreau to spend the late afternoon at the beach. The kids loved it, even though the water was hurt-your-feet cold and we didn't find any salamanders.

Spring Run Trail

The first of many walks at the Spring Run Trail this spring. Today's mission was collecting frog spawn. Mission accomplished. Hopefully onto raising tadpoles in a couple weeks.

Cuteness Overload

 

Happy 10th Birthday Walk

One of the girls' best friends turns 10 this weekend. To celebrate, we met up for a walk and shoe decorating party at the state park. Lots of giggles, and lots of balloon fun. And we only lost 3 balloons!

Lots of Playing Outside

We were lucky to have (a little bit chilly) beautiful weather while we were in New Hampshire. Plenty of time for the kids to play outside! We even took a trip to the playground downtown for some much needed playground exploration.

At the end of our trip we made Pavlova, an Australian dessert, to round out our history study of Australia. Certainly beautiful, but not a new favorite.