After I got up yesterday I took a long hot shower, and decided it was time to escape this house ill or not...we left around three o'clock heading south to Fredericksburg, Virginia. About 50 minutes later we were at The Melting Pot for a fondue dinner with dessert. It was fun, delicious, and relaxing (even not feeling well it was a relief to be out). Steak, chicken, shrimp, vegies, and side salads were the meal...s'mores chocolate fondue with fruit, pound cake, marshmallows, brownie, and cheesecake for dipping was dessert. About an hour and a half later we were on our way. Who knew sticking food on the end of a long fork and putting it in a pot of boiling broth could be so entertaining!
We ventured into a Hobby Lobby store around the corner...walked around for a bit...purchased some brown printed craft paper for scrapbooking and a couple packs of flesh colored Sculpey clay. From there we went to take a little tour of a fairly new Wegman's grocery store (exciting stuff...it doesn't take a lot to make us happy). It was huge. We came home with some yummy treats...a crusty french baguette, a soft creamy wedge of blue cheese, and a couple rounds of naan.
Today I was deliberate in what I planned for the day...housework needed to be done, but play was very necessary too. I started with a quick session of picking up the living room, dining room and kitchen. Then moved on to a little clay play with the little guy and dyeing Easter Eggs. The day was a success!
Photos from yesterday...
A little bungalow doll house at Hobby Lobby...love this style of architecture...there are a couple of houses just like this where we live. One of them is white with a red door and I have always loved that house...
My little guy strolling into Wegman's...past a beautiful display of spring flowers...
This was the view as we were exiting the store...beautiful sunset in the west...
Photos from today...
Doing a bit of clay play...polymer clay gets our imaginations flowing with never ending ideas for little creations...he has played with clay all week...
I played today...a wee camera for capturing wee memories...
Pretty teacups for dyeing Easter eggs...doesn't everyone do it this way? Hmmm...
The perfect cup for the egg dyeing...a Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit cup of my older son's passed on to his little brother...
The finished eggs...we boiled 6 but one cracked...odd numbers are more visually appealing anyway, right...
My most prized set of books...the complete Beatrix Potter Peter Rabbit series. As a young child (in first grade) I would check out these books from my elementary school library...one or two every week until I had checked all 23 out, then I would start over again. My teacher realized what I was doing and told me I had to check out something new. That lasted about 2 trips to the library and I was back to these. I loved the stories, but I loved the illustrations as much if not more. Several years ago for my birthday my husband surprised me with this special complete set in a beautiful box in which they live when not being read to my little Peter Rabbit loving boy. They are the perfect thing to accompany our Easter celebration in addition to our Bibles of course.
Thank you Jesus...we are so fortunate to have you for our Lord and Savior. Happy Easter everyone...have a wonderful celebration of God's love and remember the sacrifice He made for us all. Being the momma to two boys I cannot even imagine thinking of sacrificing either one of them...
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