I’m not the fastest or the strongest or the fittest, but I do like to see the daily data from my fit bit.

I will admit that when this funny girl came into the kitchen and wanted my attention my back was turned and I was just a tiny bit burned out by the many similar requests of the day. I was very close to not turning and brushing her off with a quick word so that I could finish what I had been doing.

I am so glad that I turned. What I saw was more than just a kid in a Santa hat blinded by wrapping paper. It was a creative, uninhibited, silly girl who wanted to share her joke with me. Her dance was only bested by her giggle coming from behind the wrapping. Once she knew I was watching, she stopped, posed and asked me to take her picture. Viewing it, she collapsed into belly laughs and left the room sporting a grin from ear to ear.

A not so subtle reminder to me that not every moment in the day is going to be awesome, but so many of them will be. Don’t risk missing the great ones!

Esme always takes a well balanced approached to her tv watching.

Came across this little scene today while hiking in some Southern New Hampshire woods. If you look closely you can see the beaver lodge, built from these downed trees, on the opposite shore.

Here’s just a handful of the awesome kids that we have been skating with since November. They all started their skating careers slowly, and on wobbling legs, but have all grown confident and capable on the ice.

Throughout the winter they’ve played on the ice, they’ve crashed into one another and they’ve challenged each other. They have also taught each other new skills and heartily encouraged and cheered the newer skaters amongst their ranks.

Such a great group of kids. I had a blast skating with them!

We celebrate Easter in a fairly subdued way. You’ll find us at church on Palm Sunday, Maundy Thursday, Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We read the Easter story and talk about Christ’s sacrifice. We also boil, dye and hide a dozen or so eggs, eat candy for breakfast and dress up a bit nicer than on an otherwise ordinary Sunday.

There’s nothing in the Bible that prescribes a special meal on Easter, but somehow it just seems nice. Or as Esme said earlier this week, “We should have a special dinner on Easter. Jesus did rise from the dead, after all!”

We left church today, after a warm and rousing service, and headed into Boston for a, somewhat non-traditional, Easter dinner at Fire and Ice. It was fun and different and everyone got to choose just what they wanted. It was lovely and relaxed and just what the day called for.

Without double checking the weather first, we went for a walk around the Public Garden after lunch. It was cold and dreary by then, but the park was swarmed with people. People desperate to get out of the house!

All Eastery photos can be found here!

The age old tradition of having trouble falling asleep before exciting days is rearing it’s ugly head tonight.

But cute and snuggly girls are always welcome to burrow down and fall asleep with us. That is, after they sign a photo release…

“I’m an octopus!!”

How yesterday’s egg dying supplies became today’s chemistry lab.

Some days I get to the end of the day and discover that the only decent photo I’ve taken all day is a super boring shot of my odometer. Today was one of those days.

I was tempted to hop up and go and photograph something around the house, just to have something a little better to post. But when it comes down to it, I was actually pretty excited to see 15 16 17 come up on the dashboard. Sometimes it’s the small things that make you smile!

So, boring photo wins and gets to stay in today’s post.