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First Day of Spring Baskets

April 19, 2017 by Aliesha

Catching up on posts around here!

Instead of doing Easter baskets, we do ours on the first day of spring! I know I got this idea from another blogger a long time ago, but I can’t actually remember who it was! But we love that it is a sweet celebration of the beginning of spring, without being a distraction on Easter Sunday morning (because, goodness knows, it’s hard enough to get everyone out the door on time!).

Our baskets for the kids this year contained books, fun activities, cute band-aids, Peeps, and a few other fun surprises.
First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

Here are the books we gave the kids! We love Usborne books SO much at our house (more on that soon!!), and these adorable spring books were the perfect additions to their baskets this year!

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

It was so fun to see their faces as they opened their baskets!

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

Fun fact: apparently this was the first time any of my kids have had Peeps (or remember having them). So they kept calling them little squirrels! So funny!

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

Band-aids are one of my kids’ favorite toys.

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

Vera also made ME a basket! Wasn’t that so sweet of her? She spent her own money buying me some delicious chocolate, and she wrote some adorable notes for me!!

First Day of Spring Baskets | Feathers in Our Nest

Do you do Easter baskets? Or first day of spring baskets? Or skip the baskets altogether and just dole out candy? Haha!

Filed Under: spring, traditions

Strawberry Picking, Year 4

May 11, 2013 by Aliesha

This is the fourth spring we’ve lived just a mile or so from a strawberry patch!  We love to go picking every year.  Past years: 2010, 2011, 2012.

This year my family was in town the first weekend the patch was open, so naturally we had to go!

Pops, Cordelia, and Uncle Nich

Vera & MiMi walking to our row

Cordelia chowing down!

Vera, sampling all the berries

Vera’s beautiful smile

Cordelia, sitting contentedly as she devoured berries

MiMi & Cordelia

Group shots

They were as fresh as you can get ’em!

Me & Cordelia

Filed Under: Cordelia, family, spring, traditions, Vera

Cookies & Carols

December 24, 2012 by Aliesha

I have three favorite Christmas season memories with Vera this year, so far.  One of them I posted about yesterday.  Another one was getting to make cookies with her last Friday!

 
 
 
 
 

She “got it” this year, for the most part, and was able to help roll the dough and cut out the cookies (kind of). 

Of course she thought the cookies tasted delicious!

 

My #1 favorite memory of Vera this Christmas season was when we went caroling last Thursday.  She did really great as we went room to room, singing to various residents.  In one room, she made a beeline for an older woman sitting in a recliner.  She climbed up on her lap and cuddled with her while we sang our songs! 

I had tears in my eyes as I watched her show love and spread Christmas joy.  It was so precious!

My heart is overflowing with joy this season, and I am so thankful for my sweet family!

 

Filed Under: Christmas, Cordelia, holidays, ministry, traditions, Vera

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