Easter, West Coast Style

We started out hiding eggs in the living room, then took them to our itty bitty excuse for a front yard and hid them in the bushes.

The gang gets ready. Mike bought Scott that fake leather jacket at Goodwill. He looks like a rebel. Dean is stuck wearing a non-rebellious animal jacket.

Dean points out a good hiding place in the prickly bushes,

along with the proper technique to wait for the eggs to be hidden.

Midway through the hunt I thought to take a picture of the eggs. Our awesome babysitter Jilian dyed the eggs with the boys, in yet another messy parenting moment that we passed on to her (see also: carving Halloween pumpkins).

Dean helps me hide some eggs for Mike while Scott takes our picture.

When the egg hunt got boring, we did some bubbles. Dean's technique is not very effective.

Wiki skulked around.

We sort of flew kites, too.

That's our house, with the open garage door. I point it out because we've become people who have shelves in the garage so we have to park one of the cars in the driveway.

But wait! There's more, after naptime!

We went to Larrabee State Park when it was slightly lower tide (and rainy).

Dean points out a lone starfish left in the mud.

I went macro on the starfish, because there's a tiny starfish right next to the bottom right leg. (Arm?)

Dean contemplates all the available rocks to throw into the water.

We walked up to a little overlook.

Dad and the boys.

A serious moment. By the way, my Vermont puffy coat does not have a hood, and it is not waterproof. So it kept me warm at first, but by the time we got back to the car my elbows were wet. Darn coat.

Finally, Scott would like you to know that this amphitheater was finished in 1915. There's your history lesson.

Comments

[Yumans]

What's up with the coats and gloves? The cousins are swimming to cool off from the 100 degree weather we're getting here! Next week we're supposed to have a cool spell in the lower 80's for a couple of days. No rain, of course.

We have doubts about Jilian's existence. Please post a photo of her.