And on the third day...

Happy Easter a few weeks ago - the hope and miracle of it all be with you every day...

Though we missed Aunt Julie's splendid Easter in Fox River Grove with my Mom, and Jason's parents made yet another hike down here along with my Dad and Aunt Kathy, we stuck around home and had a really nice, relatively mellow and peaceful Easter - Juan Carlos came, too which is always a great treat.

The kids did egg hunts in Shorewood and in the backyard.  Stelly's got it down now with the help of big bro Graham.

Easter morning - I made a blueberry coffee cake and Jason made a stunning and delicioso frittata

Ingredients for our Easter salad with spinach and arugula

This is not the cutest picture for vegetarians or wannabe vegetarians like me but it tasted fantastic

The week following Easter, Graham was on spring break…I always get a bit panicked with both kiddos home all day all week but it really was nice with Graham home.  My heart sings with the time I have with them and to see them play and laugh together so much is bliss.  I miss him during the day!

We didn't venture too far - made visits to Schlitz Audubon and the zoo, Graham just about has his word lists from school mastered and the finale was going to Eau Claire for the weekend and visiting the Seguin (my m-i-l's cousin) farm.

My-o-my was it sooo interesting and unique and so cool learning about all of it.  I think I even enjoyed it more than the kids!  The farm has 2,200 cows including 150 calves (Larry thought maybe 60 barn cats)! We saw a calf with the same birthday as Graham and one that had just been born the day before we were there.  We got to see the cows being fed and milked and we learned that the cows eat 7500 pounds of feed and the farm delivers around 48,000 pounds of milk per day!  Quite incredible.  It was an honor and thrill to visit and tour such an inspiring, successful family farm.

On Sunday, we went to a walk in Madison to benefit Parkinson's research - 'Optimism Walks' - just about my Mom's entire family and best friends were there!  What a heartwarming turnout and a neat event.  Graham and our sweet cousin Kaylin were NOT excited about the costumes and the hubbub 'MOM - THE ICE CREAM IS COMING, THE ICE CREAM IS COMING!!!!' [in tears]  but it was awesome and an honor to be a part of it in support of mi Mama!