easter baskets

the easter bunny had fun putting the kids easter baskets together this year.  calvin's had a super hero theme due to the fact that he is obsessed with super heroes.

his basket included a couple of batman books, batman toothbrush, spiderman pencils, some mama made pants, a pack of lizards, a little wooden pirate ship to color, a chocolate bunny and these little superhero guys.

maeve's basket was filled with things i thought she would like, no theme for her.  two books (marshmallow and the country bunny and little gold shoes), a rainbow play silk, piggy paint nailpolish and remover, a wooded horse to paint, a set of little clippies for her hair, princess pencils and mama made pants.

everything was put into the baskets from last year.  i love the thick felt and fringed grass of the baskets.  overall it was a successful easter filled with family, good food and chocolate!

spring table

we finally set up our spring nature table.  it has been in constant use ever since.  the little nest with eggs i bought here last year.

we have a collection of bird houses.  calvin just made the tissue box one on the right at an art class we are taking.

maeve has a love/hate relationship with the wind up toys.  she wants me to wind them but is scared and cries when they start to go.  i kept the sun that calvin painted and we had in our winter table because i love it and it fits spring too.

the felted eggs at the far end i bought from an etsy shop last year.  i still need to find the books.  for some reason they were not in the box with our spring stuff.

changing the seasonal table is something i so look forward to and so do the kids, i think.  it feels like a rite of passage, especially for spring, marking the end of a long cold winter and the beginning of a season filled with green, outside and sunshine (plus a little bit of rain).

spring sensory tub

i saw this post from notimeforflashcards and i had to make this spring sensory tub.  i haven't made a sensory tub in awhile, so it was very new and exciting for the babes.  i bought beans that were on sale in all different sizes, two sizes of little flower pots and some silk flowers and then just dumped it all in a tub i have laying around.

maeve filled and dumped and filled and dumped the little pots.

calvin was more into sorting the different types of beans and pasta that were in the tub.  he also made little arrangements in the flower pots with the flowers.

they played alone and then together for almost an hour.  they have brought it out every day since we made it.  success!

spring!

happy spring! it is finally here! we have had a couple of really lovely days in that last week, which has allowed us to open windows and get outside. growing up in california i hardly noticed the coming of spring because it brought no real weather change, but as a nutmeger, wow i countdown the days and celebrate spring's arrival with much fanfare.

although the weather report is calling for three inches of snow over the next couple of days, i know it is a different kind of snow, a spring snow, which is very very different from a january snow. it is lighter, brighter and less permanent.