Celebrating April!

April is a busy month for our family!

Three Birthday's

Easter

Spring

Easter came very early this year but we had a lovely day.  Church with the family.

Tiger, Scout, Sara and Blake

Tiger had been asking for a new shirt, tie and vest.  He looks so grown up.  New yellow dress for Scout!

Easter dinner that afternoon, but first Easter Baskets from Grammie!

Tiger is very into Harry Potter as he and his Mom have been reading the books together.  So he got some Harry Potter glasses and a wand in his basket.  The family got a movie and popcorn.  Scout got a pink bunny and cute pretend food for her kitchen. 

Oh and bubbles for Scout, she loves bubbles!  They loved their baskets.

Dinner next door at BB's!

April 3rd is Blake's birthday so we celebrated that day also.  

April 7th was Tiger's 7th birthday!

He had a party with some friends and it was wild, crazy and fun!

Pizza then CAKE!!

He was so happy!

Gifts!  Mom and Dad got him a new bike.  He has gotten so tall and outgrown his old bike! 

Who couldn't wait to climb on it?
Scout!! 

Next we have Scout's Birthday!
She turned 3!
We went low key with a trip to

Chick-fil-a!  They have a playground.
I got Scout a basket filled with all sorts of goodies with a Mermaid theme. Towels, book, Mermaid doll...she loved it all!!

Give that girl an ice cream cone with sprinkles and she is happy! 
She had cake at home later but this Grammie had gone home already.

It has been a good month.  My cousin Joletta has been here for a visit and will fly home to Houston on Tue.  Mom had the second surgery for her cataracts and it is going well (all those drops drive us crazy but we do it of course).

I'm doing pretty well and that is always a good thing! 
So that my friends has been April.

Wishing you Joy,

Linda

Spring!!

It is officially Spring!

Can someone tell the weather?

 I see some blooms here and there so it won't be long I hope, but for those still digging out of snow, it's just not fair!

The Avon Bunny Collection has made it's way out to the shelves and cubbies.

Along with the other bunnies that have found a home with me over the years!

I have finally gotten back to watercolors again.  I need to put in much more practice.  This is the tree in my front yard...Fall and Spring.

Scout wanted some 'pretty dresses Grammie' so I stopped at a thrift shop and hit the jackpot!  

Three dresses for well under $20

One was brand new with tags.

My favorite of the dresses! 

She wore the blue one which is long to the ground and played in it all night saying it was her Princess dress.

I was so proud of myself for not buying anything else but these dresses.

I'm really trying to cut down on my thrifting, well, because of space.

My friend Donna loves her 'frozen Charlottes' and gifted me one last year.  Donna has started doing Friday Frozen Charlotte stories on IG.  I wanted to join in!  So...

My frozen Charlotte was playing hide and seek, but it wasn't much fun by herself.  Donna to the rescue.

A gift in the mail!

These girls came to join in the fun!

Photos soon of the Frozen Charlotte Triplet Adventures!

Blogging friends are the best!

I've been a follower of Sharon at 

Queen of Fifty Cents for years.  She truly finds the best things for less money then most anyone else I know.  I love to follow her adventures.

Back in December Sharon found a bunch of great toys.  Several Steiff stuffed animals including a couple of Tigers.  I mentioned how much I love the Tigers since it's my Grandson's name and we collect them.  Sharon then gifted me with this Tiger!

He is so cute and sits on the back of this chair at my house.  My Tiger loves him and so do I.  Thank you Sharon for sharing such a generous find with me!

I am finally getting some energy back after surgery and I'm looking forward to getting some things done around my home.  More cleaning and downsizing for sure.  I find I really do want a less cluttered home, but I have a long way to go.  I'm better at bringing things in then taking them out it seems. 

Wishing you Joy,

Linda

Scout Turns Two!

Scout's birthday arrived on Easter this year.  So what better way to celebrate then church and a family meal!

This little dress was so cute on her.  A Birthday/Easter dress from Grandma and BB!  She loves bright colors.

A simple table setting.

This little girl is so sweet and enjoyed her birthday very much! 

I got her this adorable little doll house!

It is just right for a little two year old!

I can't imagine life without sweet 

Rosemary Scout!

Of course being Easter there were baskets of fun for both Grands!

And a special gift for Tiger

A storybook Bible

He can't wait to have us read him stories.

No family photos this year.

It was a wild and crazy day, 

but so much fun! 

I am blessed! 

Linda

April 7th Is A Special Day!

Today is one of my favorite days.  Six years ago my little Tiger was born and I became a Grandma! 

I was over the moon with joy and I still am.  He brings so much fun and love to my life.  We will be celebrating later with pizza, cake and of course gifts!

Scout will have a birthday on Easter Sunday!

Eating Ice Cream is always fun! 

I missed Watercolor Wednesday this week but will be back next week I hope.  April is a busy month but I'm finding bits of time here and there to paint.

Speaking of Easter...

My little bunnies and a lamb came out to visit the cubbies! 

I have seriously downsized my rabbit collection once again, saving only my favorites!  I love both of these found at a thrift shop years ago.

The Avon bunny collection grows with the addition of the large egg cup bunny found last year.

Two of my favorite bunnies came out to play.  I did not realize until editing the photo that I had arranged them in a rather 'risque' way.  Whoops...you know what they say about bunnies!

That's better!  Still one of my better thrifty finds at .88 each! 

We had some horrible storms Wednesday that hit a lot of the country.  Now it's sunny but colder.  Still better then that rain.  I think I better go wrap some birthday boy's gifts! 

Wishing you JOY,

Linda 

Bunnies, Chicks and Sheep, Oh My!

We have had a lovely week here! 

Spring Break so I've had some special time with Sara, Blake and the Grands!

While Tiger was spending the night on Tue we decided to open my Easter decoration bin.

Tiger had a great time picking out some treasures to take home.  Now I'm trying to figure out where to put all my decorations.

These rabbits were a thrift store find several years ago.  The were less then $1 each and they like to pose on the pass through to my kitchen each year.

These little books are mine from High School.

The cute rabbit was part of my daughter's collection which I now have.

Some of these are from Sara's collection but many of them are mine.  I think I have a thing for bunnies!  Now to find places to display these cuties for a few weeks.

Many of these are from Avon and I kept finding them at the thrifts until now I have a collection.

Not nearly as many chicks but these are pretty cute!

The sheep I have seem to arrive in twins! 

So how do you decorate for Easter or Spring?

Wishing you JOY,

Linda

Happy Easter!

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter! 

I had the family over for dinner and it was so nice to all be together for the holiday.

I normally use pastels for Easter, but this year I was drawn to these vintage dishes.  Poppy Trail Strawberry by Metlox.

Tiger's place setting included a cat placemat and a bunny napkin ring.  

The adults had just a plan placemat but we did have gingham napkins with bird napkin rings. 

A simple center piece with a couple of bunnies on a strawberry platter.  

A traditional dinner of baked ham, mac'n'cheese, steamed asparagus, baby peas, rolls and a nice berry pie for dessert.  It was good even if I did cook most of it myself!

After dinner Tiger hunted some Easter eggs in my front yard.

The sun was bright and Tiger was moving so fast I didn't get any good photos.  Oh well, he had fun!

I hope all of you had a wonderful Easter.  We are still on baby watch so if I'm a bit absent from the blog that is why.  I'm taking dinner to Sara twice a week and helping with Tiger all I can so she can rest.  Baby girl will be here soon and I'll have photos galore of her! 

To leave you with a little Easter collection that came about by accident.  

These bunny pieces are made by Avon and I kept finding pieces at the thrift shop until, a collection! 

Tuesday is Tiger's 4th Birthday, where did the year go!  

Wishing you JOY,

Linda