Easter

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We enjoyed a relaxing Easter at our house this year.  For the first time in a long while, all of the kids went egg hunting at the same time.  After checking and double checking how many were hidden, a few eggs were never found.  I often wonder if the rabbit who hides the eggs takes a few out just to drive everyone crazy trying to find the missing ones.

The best part of Easter was after the meal, everyone hung around for a few hours.  The adults relaxed and talked while the kids (of all ages) played “Jackpot” a game that the kids learned years ago.  It seemed like a crazy make-up-the-rules-as-you-go game, but everyone enjoyed playing together.

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Changing

Today the children helped with alpaca shearing. Each year, they learn something new or do something different.  As I was watching, I realized that, depending on Mark’s school schedule, this might be Mark’s last year helping.  He has already said that he plans on coming home for the day if he can though.

Then we realized how much Mark has changed in the few years he has helped. He went from just leading the alpacas to the shearers until now he leads the alpacas in and then helps get them to the ground to be sheared. His muscles are appreciated!

Mark is not the only one growing. Megan now helps clean up and can help with the alpacas instead of just holding the dust pan.

Andrea and Audrey have learned new jobs.  They started out wrapping the fiber, but now they help flip the animals and take the fiber as it is being sheared.

And even though Adrian is does not have a big job, he is learning different parts of alpaca shearing. He helps calm the animals and is around if needed. What he does helps everything run smoothly.

This year, we all learned something new.  We watched some Angola goats get sheared. Then, we compared the different fibers.  The Angola fiber is very heavy compared to alpaca!

Kite Weather

The weather is perfect for kite flying!  The neighbors let us borrow their yard and shared a few of their kites.  They enjoyed watching part of the fun.

We flew kites for around a half hour before the string of one of the kites broke and the kite took off across the street and got tangled in a tree in our yard. A second kite blew over the neighbor’s house and attempted to find a tree to get snagged in.   We pulled in the other kites, Audrey and Mrs. Beer rescued one kite, and the shark kite is now residing in our tree, much to high to retrieve.

 

Easter Bunny

We have never done anything with the Easter Bunny.  We have read a few books and watched cartoons about  bunnies who decorated eggs and share treats, but that is all.

Today we ran to Martins to get a few needs and a super tall skinny bunny comes over to give us all hugs.  He did not say anything (sort of surprising) but we very quickly realized the bunny was a (very talkative) friend of ours. We decided it would be a good time for the first ever Easter bunny picture.

I went to do some shopping and the kids “talked” and giggled with our rabbit friend for a few minutes while they waited for the picture to print.  Megan was excited to get a goody bag full of treats, enough to share with everyone!