I made a new discovery yesterday...there is another place I can get my local meat! It will replace my old place that now only sells it by the quarter, half and whole cow and pig. I am beyond thrilled. I made a trip out there yesterday and stocked up. They even carry chicken! I have to admit walking up and seeing the (seemingly just been used) butchering table was a bit more than this wanna-be farm girl/pioneer girl bargained for. (I could just see my foremothers rolling their eyes at my disgust.) I put on my big girl pants, thought to myself "wow, that's fresh", and headed inside. We grilled out that night with our very fresh meat and enjoyed the nice spring weather. So now I'm pleased as punch that I can get my eggs, meat, honey, maple syrup (and soon produce) locally. If I can't really be a farm girl/pioneer girl, at least I can eat like one.
We started cleaning up the yard. There is a lot to do. All of the Lashbrook's crazy ornamental grass is giving us a run for our money. I never know what to do with it, so I just chop it all off and let it all come back again.
It sure is nice to be outside. Evangeline was tired after school. She isn't used to playing outside again. I think it's wearing her out. Here she is with her classic "stare off into space look". She was a big helper with the ornamental grass pruning. She is good at lugging the stalks off to the woods. She got to break in her new gardening gloves from Aunt Rita and Uncle Steve.
She put two little plumes together and made a nature heart. She told me that this is how she says "I love you".
This morning we hit the egg hunt circuit. The only other egg hunt experience I've had as a mother was so unspeakably horrible I never thought I would take her to a pubic Easter Egg hunt again.... When she was two, my dad and I took her to the Deming Park Easter Egg hunt. The display of greed I witnessed there (primarily by the adults) was so disgusting that I lost a little faith in humanity that day. We walked away with nary an egg (I was too scared to even set her down in that crowd) as we watched as adults huddled together, cracking open their children's eggs in search of slips of paper that meant they won a prize.... Burnsides was all together different. The parents behaved themselves and there where plenty of eggs to go around. In fact, the world was her oyster...
The next stop was church. Another fun time was had and more eggs were gathered alongside her little buddies. Here she is with Cooper and Caroline Crumrin, and then with Kie Kendal. I can't believe how tall they are getting.
We just happened to be at Wal-Mart when the Easter Bunny was scheduled to make an appearance. Evangeline was so excited about it. When he came out I was speechless. It was the most pathetic and scary Easter Bunny I had ever seen. Clearly it was an over 6 foot tall boy. You could see his shoes, feet and wrists. He was also constantly adjusting his mask, which was partially squished on one side. Oh, it was a sight. I was kind of laughing inside. None of the kids wanted to sit on his lap. Evangeline was not having any part of it. She asked me if that was the real Easter Bunny. I wasn't even going to try to pass this one off. I told her, no and maybe it was just one of his helpers. She said, "no Mommy, that's a man". We just decided we would wave at him and call it a day.
It has been an absolutely beautiful day. The windows are open for the first time this year and the shoes are off. I have been so focused on summer vacation that I totally forgot about Spring Break until someone mentioned it at a meeting last weekend!! Woohooo!! I get a few days off with my girl this coming week. We have lots of plans....
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