Spring Break 2012

For Spring Break we spent a week at Sue and John's farm dogsitting while they were away in St. Maarten (copycats).  It was nice for Katie, Peter, and Rusty to have so much space to run around, indoors and out.  The sleeping arrangements were a little cramped with 4 people and 3 dogs sharing the same bedroom but we managed.  Katie has been learning about constellations and stars and loved seeing so many stars every night.  Every night before bedtime we would go outside to find Orion and the Big Dipper and see which planets were visible.

During the week, Nancy kept the kids busy by going to an Easter egg hunt and a petting zoo.  At the end of the week, Aunt Sara, Mike, Matt, and Grammy Butler visited for Easter.  We were very glad they made the trip down and enjoyed having them there.  We dyed Easter eggs, had an Easter egg hunt, went to Easter mass, and had a very good Easter meal of ham, mashed potatoes, and lots of other yummy stuff.


Katie feeds something that might be a goat


Katie feeds something that might be a llama


Katie feeds some things that definitely look like birds.


Katie the fire fighter


Peter the casual crime fighter


Peter decides to climb through the window rather than go in the open door.


Easter egg hunt


Peter finds some




Rusty loved lazy days outside at the farm


Katie pushes Peter in the swing


Junebug loved "sharing" Katie's bed, which usually left Katie without much room.


Katie slept in the loft one night without Junebug but barely managed to stay on the bed.


The kids playing outside


Dyeing Easter eggs








The farmgirl


The biker


The princess


Going on a hike with the kids and dogs




Aunt Sara and Peter










The Easter egg hunt at the farm


Matt shares an egg with Peter




Running on the driveway


Rusty loves the walks at the farm