Redwood Rabbit

At Easter-time, the local newspaper hides four eggs, each filled with $1000 worth of local gift certificates, in different areas on the northcoast. As far as I know they have done this for quite a few years, but I have never participated. This year, though, I have caught the fever. Based on the daily clues, we narrowed it down to the paved dog trail at Sequoia Park. So, this morning we packed up a backpack full of snacks, water and the ergo (just in case Walter got tired) and headed out on our hunt.

We even packed the kids' headlamps so they could look in all the crevices. They had a blast! We were out there for almost 2 hours.

Refueling. Look at how dirty they got!

Walter was climbing up a stump to check for the egg.

In searching for the egg, Olivia started stepping on all the clovers. I told her to stop because that is where the Leprechauns live. From then on we started hunting Leprechauns, too. This is a picture of Olivia checking out a hole in a stump to see if it was the entrance to the underground Leprechaun village.

So, no luck today. But, maybe tomorrow's clue will help. We are heading out again in the morning.

Family Day

Just some playing around outside on the first day of Spring (and the beautiful day before)!

I tried to teach Olivia to ride without training wheels, but she is still too short to touch the ground while sitting on the seat. Maybe when she is 5...

She loves that she has figured out how to dig and I love that she likes to help.

Walter was being a little whiny, but still managed to look cute.

Working on "fish-face".

Olivia knows how to pump the swing now! Yay!

We spent $5.85 at the garage sales this morning. Score!