A perfect coastal day...

I cannot forget how fortunate I am to live here.  There's probably 20 different beaches within 20 minutes of us.  And more than that beyond. And nearly empty beaches to us locals in the off season.  A marvelous place to live for sure.  

Picnic in the car with mama made goodies...

And then a walk on the beach with just mama while dada stays in the car with sleeping babe...

 

 

 And then a walk on the beach with just dada....

 While mama gets her stitch on with sleeping babe.

And then sleeping girl wakes up.

And before our walk, mama makes sure there's a nice pic of us with each kid.

And then we end with ice cream...per request from our little guy.  How could we not oblige?
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I call this recipe for a perfect day.   It would have been a *tad* better if Adrian didn't throw back the few pieces of sea glass his dad found for me.  "I like rocks better, mama.".  Oh, what a boy he is!

Mama Made: Bunny Family

Introducing...

(Drum roll please...I've been working on these FOREVER!)

The bunny family!

 That's right.   A mama, dada, Adrian and Audra bunny.  Four bunnies in all.  All mama made from a vintage pattern I bought for fifty cents at a thrift store.

They're HUGE.  Much larger than I anticipated.

 With the ears, three foot tall is the largest!

 Here's Mama bunny.

 And Adrian Bunny.

 And Dada Bunny.

 And Audra Bunny. 

Phew!  That was a big project.  It was well received.

 And hopefully they'll be enjoyed years to come.

Easter 2013 Musings...

Good morning, little ones.  Lots in store for you downstairs.

Scoop her up, off we go.

 Continuing our plastic free/homemade/thrifted holiday tradition...

 He's stoked.

She's off.

 So excited!

 

Egg hunts.

The after mess.

 

 

Breakfast and the paper.

 

When asked by others if we were doing anything special for Easter dinner, I said "No, just our ordinary".  But then....why aren't we doing something special?  I just took our regular home cooked meal and dug out the antique china.  I really ought to do this more often.

 

 Thankful for these family filled days of fun.