One last day: Windmill Island

Into many vacations a little rain must fall, but windmill touring and another stop in downtown for New Holland snacks and beer don't require sunshine anyhow, and the weather cleared for a beautiful sunset and another wonderful evening with family (this time we watched Clue).

Downtown, the beach, and more

Lunch at New Holland, a must do tradition.

Watching Dutch dancing in the streets...an unavoidable tradition.

The carnival...a new tradition? Ugh.

Back on the beach.

And after bedtime for the little one, we watched an old favorite: Monty Python and the Holy Grail.

Spring was meant to be rainy

I woke up this morning and stretched lazily under warm blankets, enjoying the bright morning light streaming in through the south facing window in our bedroom. Seconds later, the morning still bright, and a heavy rain was pouring down. As much as I enjoyed 80 degree sunny days, this is the spring I know and have missed. Tulips dripping in a cold but nourishing rain, tree buds breaking out, clouds floating overhead, only lightly masking the brightness of the sky.

Lots of reading today, and meandering through ancient Egypt. A little math, a little map play. Shelving books at the library. Walking the dogs, creating the Book of the Dead.

Calvin is fascinated by this piece of history. He has made a Book of the Dead before, the last time we explored Ancient Egypt, but he wanted to do it again now that he has "more drawing experience."

So how about another blast from the past? From March 2011:

Around the world in 10 hours

Epcot today, and it was such a long wonderful day that we are home late, and tired. Just pictures, I'll have to write later.

November in the park

Sixty degrees in November called us to the park today. Actually, with the loss of the hour it called us first to get up too early, drink too much coffee to make up for it, and spend the first too many hours of sunshine sitting in the house playing with Legos, practicing the piano, and play-acting the felt, but then it called us to the park. Or, actually, next it called us to the library book sale in Ann Arbor where we picked up some treasures we're very excited about, but then—then—it finally called us outside. So that's where we went.