A Saturday Walk in the Village

Spring has arrived in our little village.

I am admittedly not a spring person.

But with glorious days like today, I could be persuaded to feel differently.

Signs of spring are everywhere; the air is crisp and the sun feels warm.

After Charlie woke from his nap, (the one that occurs rather irregularly these days)

we took a walk into town for ice cream and coffee.

I grabbed my camera...

{Charlie thought this was the first lemonade stand of the year, but instead they were selling fossils}

{Payton joined us too. Andrew and Payton have been good friends since they were 4 and 5}

I look forward to this hill of daffodils every year.  They are one of the first sights

you see when you drive in our village.  They cover the hill leading up to the old stone chapel.

The chapel grounds and adjacent cemetery provide the perfect spot for hide and seek.

Hide and seek in an old cemetery that is surrounded by a stone wall with an iron gate.

Truly, it doesn't get better.  

{leap frog}

On the way back home, we stopped at the park.

I wish this handsome monkey was a little less aware of the camera.

He doesn't exactly let me swoop him up in my lap and plant kisses all over his face anymore either.

Three hours later we returned home.

And both boys went to sleep as soon as their heads hit the pillow!