the after church pictures

easter sunday morning

 morgana and chanda served as acolytes this morning. they are out-growing the robes!

 and they rang the church bell.

 a little more weight and muscle was needed so jason helped out.

 the required "easter in church" picture.

easter is always fun because we enjoy joining the choir in singing the alleluia chorus. it was also special this morning because the bell choir played.

 and then we got to try the bells!

aunt kathy used to play with the bell choir. these days she is unable to make the rehearsals, but she hopes to again in the future.

saturday night charades

saturday in connecticut

first on the agenda was to exclaim over toby (and play heart and soul on the piano); second was to celebrate jason's birthday.

twig studies, going home, and egg dyeing

 today we studied and sketched the buds and twigs we gathered yesterday.

after working on our sketches in the morning, it was time to go home. sunday would be easter, and we needed to drive to connecticut.

 we stopped at the cemetary to lay forsythia on aunt evie's gravestone.

 and we stopped at the beach one last time . . 

 before getting on the road.

 at home, at night, we dyed easter eggs!!

 i had told aunt kathy that we would bring them for easter.

 pouring the vinegar into the red cabbage pot.

it made for a late night, but it was fun.