MORE EASTER FUN

Last time the boys got together for a play during the holidays Paul & I made up a Treasure Hunt for them - the treasure being $2.00 for each of them.  Thinking they were onto a good thing, they asked for another one so I decided a Easter Hunt was the order of the day.

So taped to the front door the 1st clue read......

Open the compass & hold the gold ring in your hand

You want to walk South West from here for approx 30 - 35 steps 

then looking Northwards you will find your next clue 

where balls sometimes find their way but not always!

 2nd Clue - taped to the basket ball ring

They help flavour things and are all different

Head North East from here to find the next clue on the 2nd level

 

 this one proved a bit tricky but was eventually found on the 2nd tier of the herb pot

No stopping these boys onto clue No 3!

Heading down the steps you will find the next clue

I am where you will find wet or dry things on a sunny or windy day

 ...... the clothes line of course

Clue No 4

Find the next clue at the entrance to the "Secret Garden"

Well Jordan was off at full speed, so fast in fact that I didn't get to take a picture of this one

Clue No 5

Collect 5 weeds from the driveway and when you hand them to me I will give you the next clue

(I know, I know but I couldn't resist getting a little help with the weed - all for a good cause of course and I think the end prize was worth the collecting of the weeds)

Clue 6 - the final one!

It's netted and Easter Duck is keeping them safe!

 Easter Duck was found in the Veggie Garden sitting on the eggs keeping them nice and safe

 It didn't take long before the eggs were gobbled up and they were asking for another one.  I had a brilliant idea here "Why don't you boys make one up for me - kept them busy for 1/2 hr making up the clues and then another 15 mins of me searching for them and at one point I had to reneg on getting the clue.  I admit it I chickened out - you see it was in Jordan's Secret Garden but right at the back where you have to get on your hands and knees and crawl through all the undergrowth and for this mama all I could see in my minds eye was SNAKES!!!

All in all we all had a great afternoon and before we knew it, it was getting dark and the end of playtime.

Before we knew it, it was the night before Easter Bunny delivering his eggs

Jordan decided it would be nice to leave Easter Bunny some Easter Eggs that he could eat, unfortunately he must have had a tummy full because he didn't eat any or maybe he was so busy delivering them that he just forgot - oops!

 This bowl had a note saying "hello Ester Bunny! these Ester eggs you can have if you want.

There was another note saying "To ester bunny, hop you have a happy ester  Love from Janine and Jordan

Hope you all had a fantastic Easter

EASTER FUN

Good Friday we headed off to Redcliffe to meet up with friends.  It was a last minute venue change but I am so glad we did.  On arrival we found out "The Festival of Sails" was on so we headed to the beach front.  It wasn't long before the kids gravitated to the beach for a paddle but 10 minutes later, the shorts were off and they were well and truly wet all over BUT oh the fun they were having!

Next it was a picnic lunch at the lagoon and some more swimming

and finally back to the park at Woody Point, some more food and a relaxed chat for us mums

Not the best of photo's as in we are both tired after a full day of play, no make-up and the wind has had it's way with my hair but I love it anyway.  It represents our friendship exactly - we are who we are and can be ourselves totally with each other, accepting the good and the bad and everything in between.

We don't get to see each other that often but the time we do spend together is always treasured.    Paul met Nikki's partner whilst he was studying Acupuncture, we say they met so we could become friends.  We were pregnant at the same time and share similar spiritual journey's in so many ways and although she is off to the US for far too many years, I know our friendship will survive as it always has - distance and time makes no difference to us as we always pick up exactly where we left off and continue with the beautiful friendship we share.

Easter Moments

We were lucky enough to see 5 of these litte fella's whilst walking through Mary Cairncross Park over the Easter Break.  The highlight being a Mamma and her joey - very special indeed.

Whilst walking back along the track, we came across an Easter Hunt in progression.  Jordan had so much fun just spotting the eggs and then watching the excitement and delight on the children's faces who were participating was priceless.  What was unbelieveable (in my eyes) though was the adults that were not in any way involved in the hunt, who were helping themselves to the eggs.  It was not the children BUT the adults and I find this astounding!  Fortunately there were enough eggs for all the children and did not affect their enjoyment.

Of course Easter just wouldn't be Easter without some chocolate and Easter Bunny was very generous this year, much to Jordan's delight, it was exactly the easter bunny he saw in the shop and wanted !!

 before chocolate though comes a good breakfast of nice warm oats

and then comes the eating of "chocolate"

Jordan has also been practicing to light the evening candle so he can be chosen to light the Grade 1 candle at Morning Circle when he goes back to school. 

and whilst at a local market we picked up some seedlings to start growing our own vegetables which I am very excited about

lettuce

spinach

more lettuce

snow peas and cauliflower waiting to be planted

Of course it was the perfect time to also catch up with friends we haven't seen for a long time which was most enjoyable.

I hope you all had a safe, fun and enjoyable easter too.

Happy Easter

Happy Easter

May you all stay safe and enjoy your holiday break

OUR MAGICAL ADVENTURE - Day 26

Sunday 12th April 2009 - Williams to Las Vegas, California Easter Sunday
Jordan woke up with a big surprise - Easter Bunny had been during the night!! He thought he was going to have to share them when he saw 3 eggs but after a little investigation found the basket had "his" name on it much to his delight. He didn't like the yellow one (white chocolate) which suits mummy just fine because she loves white chocolate but his wishes came true for the next 2 as they were milk chocolate and he loved them. After a nice warm breakfast of Oats, the other 2 easter eggs were soon demolished - What else would you expect......

AND another ducky "Easter Duck" as he has been aptly named

After breakfast and eating the easter eggs we sat down and made some Easter Magnets
which Daddy put up on the Rangehood.

We have decided not to stay the 2nd night here as Paul really wants to see Death Valley which means driving to Las Vegas today after the Grand Canyon. It will be a long drive but Paul is willing to do it in order to fit in Death Valley. So off to the Grand Canyon we head with more sightings of snow. It really amazes me that we are in a desert and seeing snow - the 2 just don't seem to go together in my mind!! We parked the RV and set off for the southern rim of the Grand Canyon. Of course there was s a snowball fight along the way - boys against mummy - what else would it be! Because the Grand Canyon is so big, I think it lost some of the effect. No doubt it would be amazing if you went down on Donkey or did a helicopter ride but I must say I didn't find it anywhere near as awesome as I expected. Bryce Canyon had way more of an effect on me. So rather than hang around (the walk along the rim took about 1 1/2 hrs) we decided to head off to Vegas and the bright lights. Now driving into Vegas at night - this was spectacular!