Big Brother Little Brother

MPD loves having his hero brother home for Spring Break!

Making bunny and chick cookies for Easter...



And coloring Easter eggs...

My dad was the oldest of four brothers, and his youngest brother is 9 years younger than my dad. My Uncle Andy--the youngest uncle--always says that, growing up, my dad was absolutely his hero. WWD is 9 years older than MPD too. Since I have only one younger brother myself, I can hardly even imagine how big WWD must seem to MPD, and JPD also. How cool to have such a giant, smart, basketball-and-football-playing, Mass-serving(!), brother! I'm so proud of my boys!

Put Us in the Zoo

Spring Break fun...

While still quite cold...

But lots of fun anyway...

And best of all...

The zookeeper didn't adopt any of us!

:)

Ave Maria!

This week we got to continue our May tradition of hiking up to the gorgeous hilltop with the teeny Marian chapel at the top. What a beautiful day and what a beautiful place!





My friend E and her adorable daughter AM came with us. Here MPD and AM are carefully inspecting a caterpillar, who was desperately trying to get away from them.

What We've Been Doing

Waterin' tulips...


and buildin' planes...

Goodbye, March!

Remember last fall, how I was so dreading winter this year?

Well, I can't believe it's over already! What an easy and mild winter we have had! Of course, because I've written that, a snowstorm will be in the forecast for April, no doubt.

This afternoon MPD went out to play in short sleeves, without his coat.
"Cold! Cold!" he said. Then he realized that...he wasn't.

And he celebrated by digging in the dirt. What could be better?!

Spring Sweets

We've been doing some sweet spring break baking. Check it out!

Those St. Patrick's cupcakes I promised you:

The Easter basket cake:

Here's a closer look at that cake (messy, but it looked far better than it tasted!!):

Don't you wish you were us? :)

Could It Be...?!?

Look what I saw coming up in my front garden this morning!! Spring!It's so fun to have a new house, which I never even saw before last July--can't wait to see what blooms in my yard this Spring!