Easter Weekend, of course!

Peggy's Cove selfie

I've always loved Easter weekend.  Four full days off (at least around here), adequately Spring-like weather (usually), and mini-eggs.  This year was no exception.  Between various indoor Easter activities, we were mostly outside exploring.  This means, of course, I have loads of pictures.  So, without further ado....

1. Friday. Believe it our not, on Friday morning, Clark and I slept in for a bit, while Juniper and Linden... wait for it... made us breakfast.  I kid you not. They burst into the room, extremely excited at like 7:45 or so, and demanded we come to the table.  this is what was waiting for us:

  

Greek yogurt with granola, toast with butter, artistically displayed fruit, and some jam

Pretty impressive, eh?  The rest of the day was mostly spent puttering around the yard, doing some general clean-up that should have really been done in the fall.  I was too busy snipping and raking and bagging to think about pictures, but Juniper was on the case:

2. Saturday. Saturday was supposed to be our super-duper big outdoor adventure day.  The plan was to head to Economy Falls for a day of hiking, and was to include cooking lunch on a camp stove!  But alas, both Clark and Linden started the day off feeling crappy.  Linden has been congested and coughing for awhile, and felt very nauseated (likely from all that snot), and Clark was just sore and tired.  So. We nixed Economy (we would have had to have left by 8:30am or so to have done all that in a day), waited it out, and by the time late morning rolled around, it was decided that we were all up for a slightly less ambitious adventure.  Destination: Peggy's Cove and Polly's Cove.

Peggy's Cove:

Exploring the expanse of Peggy's Cove rocks

Quote: "I'm so proud of rock climbing abilities!"

Also a brave rock climber

Lunch break (no stove, but homemade sub buns with cheese and sausage was totally acceptable)

Juniper really wanted to take a picture with the good camera

Overlooking the Atlantic

Family shot!

Iconic Peggy's Cove lighthouse

And a close-up... with no other people in it!  I was pretty pleased with my timing and framing on that one.

 Polly's Cove: Just down the road from Peggy's Cove is the much lesser-known Polly's Cove.  It is a completely different landscape (reminiscent of the Avalon Peninsula in Newfoundland, in my opinion).  There isn't quite as much "rock climbing", but it is a stunning little hike.  It is the kind of place where, for instance, Linden immediately saw an "erupting volcano", and a "huge, scary troll":

Scaling a steep rock.  Luckily, we were all experts at this point

Juniper found her own little outcrop to contemplate life for awhile

Linden drawing a fishing boat off the coast

I love snapping the occasional candid shot of them holding hands

We found the exact spot where we took a picture of Juniper in the juniper...

... SEVEN years ago!

Linden wanted is picture taken too, of course

Mid-leap

This little rock scaling was as difficult as it looks.  I got a boot-full of muddy water when I tried it!

Juniper and some graffiti...

...and Linden with some other graffiti

3. Sunday.  The highlight of Easter Sunday, of course, is the Easter baskets and the egg hunt.  But we also delivered some rice krispie easter nests to neighbours and friends, and went on another little hiking adventure around Withrod Lake.  In fact, we decided that this should be a regular activity -- barring sickness or other big commitments, we are going to try and make Sunday morning a weekly woods hike adventure ritual.

Preparing the nests.  We then filled them with mini-eggs, and delivered them around.

Blurry action shot of discovering basket treats

Dividing the egg hunt spoils into four *exactly* even groups.  Right down to colour of egg.

Posing with their new clothes and stuffies

I always worry when Linden is quiet for too long.  But sometimes, this is where I find him.

Linden *needed* to practice with his new yo-yo while hiking around Withrod Lake

We went off the newly gravelled trail to go on a more woodsy adventure... and found an old beaver lodge!

One of the results of the less-travelled trails.  Luckily we got Linden's shoe out of the muck, and his sock was mostly no worse for the wear.

Linden's "bush-whacking" face...

... and his handsome face

Exploring the remains of a dead hawk

Close-up of a pretty girl

Phew.  That was lot of photo-taking for a couple of days.  Today is our last day of vacation.  Right now, Clark is getting a little work done at a café (despite it being a holiday, but whatever), and I'm trying to blog while simultaneously mobilizing the kids to get dressed and ready to head to the mall. Linden, as you may have noticed, really needs new sneakers. See you next week!