Spring has really sprung

Our favorite maple tree in the backyard is exploding with bright greenery!

My kids need to play with water every day, no rain? No problem we have buckets and a faucet!

Sprout has learned to turn on the hose. Oh dear.

He knows this is a big no no, can't you tell?

The fabric fairy visited our house!

We tumbled out of the house yesterday afternoon to garden and found three bags full of fabric remnants on the front step! I have an idea of who our benefactor was. Everyone has claimed their favorites already and I've been given orders on what to make.

Sprout moments before he broke out in hives

Imagine him screaming - "I HATE SUNSCREEN! IT BURNS!!!! MY EYES ARE MELTING!!!!!!!"

We've decided I need a telephoto lens. These really are seals, there were 20-30 having lunch with us as the tide went out!

They've declared operation "Find Cottage Cove" a success.

Wild Thing was there for the Roch Climbing

Nature Girl and her friend Rock Hound were there for the rocks and tidal pools

Sprout loves tide pools so that's what he was there for...

I GET TO GO ON THE BEACH WITH THE BIG KIDS!

WHAT IS IN THERE????

DADDY FOUND ME SHRIMPS UNDER THE ROCKS!

I FOUND A SNACK FOR THE WAY HOME.

Then these grey seals showed up for lunch while we were having our picnic!

Then there were our bird sightings of the day on the way to our adventure

Our adventure today started with Sprout insisting he could dress himself

I always get the best shots of Wild Thing when he's RUNNING AWAY from me!

We had more showings yesterday, AT DINNERTIME

What is a family of 6 to do? We got a pizza at Billy Bob's and headed to the beach (Evangeline) for a very brisk picnic. We still had a ton of time to kill so we drove up the mountain to check on how the snow was melting. Almost gone!

Out on the dykes...

Evangeline Beach

Evangeline Beach and the wind, it was atleast 5 degrees cooler here!

Looking down the mountain towards Wolfville and out across the basin to Blomidon