Happy Spring!

Woot woot! The long awaited day is here! We celebrated the Equinox today. Although the calendar says it's the first day of spring, the three feet of snow still piled in our backyard says otherwise. We've lived here for 13 years now and have never had even close to the amount of snow we have right now for the Equinox. But, it still felt like Spring was in the air and we were there to welcome it with open arms!
We started the day with family tea...

then the kids found their baskets...


and explored the goodies...


They had a few chocolates and jellybeans (I don't see how they can do that so early in the day) and followed up with pancakes for breakfast.

We had our egg hunt indoors this year...

then, put our shoes on for a morning walk to greet the sun. We were hoping to find some signs of spring, but, alas, only saw... well... dirty snow and chatty magpies.

Tonight, we'll bundle up and go for a walk to greet the moon as well. The kids received some seeds in their Spring baskets, so we'll try to start those indoors in the next couple of days. It's been so nice this week; public schools had their Spring break, so we haven't had karate or horseback riding. I LOVE not having to be somewhere at a certain time; it feels so free and relaxing :)

Happy Spring Equinox everyone!

Comments

[jessica]

what lovely photos, they're all so vibrant

[jody]

What a beautiful day for you. Love the flowers in the baskets! So pretty!

[Ellen]

I missed the start of Spring ~ it is also my oldest son's birthday so my mind was a bit preoccupied. Looks like you spent the day well and enjoyed both indoors and out. Love those green mugs! And is that a mountain view in the distance in the last picture? How I miss the mountains.

[Becky]

Happy belated first day of Spring :). I spent the day in bed, with the flu, but what a lovely day it was outdoors!

[kristin]

what a wonderful tradition...i love that you start with a family tea.

my mom always put seed packets in our baskets too :)

[Tonya]

Happy Spring to you as well! The kids' baskets are beautiful. Here's hoping spring will come your way soon. We'll be trying the hot rock eggs this weekend, thanks for the idea.

[Wendy]

I love the idea of seeds in their baskets, symbolically and practically. Genius!

Yay, more light than dark today!

[Sheila]

Happy Spring Equinox yourself! We made the Hot Eggs today. Fun fun fun, according to my three egg waxers. A little singeing on the fingers, but only one of us had to suffer that, ahem. Thanks for the links, by the way. I might have to do some shadow boxes or lino prints soon...