I know that life is good when my son tells me that 'this is the best day ever' as I am scrubbing dirt off his feet and trying to wash out dried marshmallow from his hair. Life is full of fun and fun is always the best when you have loved ones to share it with.
This Easter - and a few past ones and for many more years coming - we went to see Uncle Dave and Auntie Cindy at Sequim. There is just something super special about their place ... probably because it starts with a ferry ride and always ends with loads of fun with cousins, amazing food, and dirty feet.
The ferry ride is always full of excitement. Having the wanderer and adventurous blood in my boys should have taught me by now that you can't travel on a huge body of water without wanting to throw rocks in it. My darling Vidor was devastated when he realized that there are no pebbles and rocks on deck. He was searching for anything, and I mean anything (which ended up being a dried up chewing gum) to toss in - just to satisfy his urge of watching something disappear in a vast amount of water.
Arriving after a 'long drive' (which is kind of a funny thing to say since the cousins drove over 8 hours compared to our 2 and 1/2), we had an amazing dinner and campfire ... who would not want to settle in and stay a while. There is just something special about the first roasted marshmallow of the year - especially when a puppy is tugging at the other and of your stick. Oh, and shoes are optional here ;o) even if it is only 60 some degrees (one of my favorite things).
Next day we checked out Uncle Dave's boat he has been rebuilding for the past few years. Being on the water, we could not pass by this beach without throwing rocks or picking up shells. The beach we usually go to in Mukilteo has only broken shells so Lutza was not really sure which direction to run and which shell to pick up when practically all of them were intact.
Finally we had enough rocks (some even made it to the van - for the ferry ride home).
It's funny how the Easter Bunny comes by the morning and has baskets full of goodies for the children and then leaves ... just to return later to scatter the garden full of eggs. Why does he do that? Why doesn't he just do it all at once? And why do bunnies lay eggs anyway??? -- Oh, little minds working, I love that our children are so pure and innocent and every thought just comes right out of their mouths. I wish they could stay like this forever!!
I hope one day they look back at these pictures and still remember that this was the 'best day ever'!!!
