Sandi snuggles Lorelei to sleep	Good morning!	Aaahhh... a sleeping baby is the best drug
watching a little WereRabbit	snuggling with Nana	Before Scott and Sandi left, we went to a local sugarhouse (it was open house weekend)
a piece of their giant evaporator	Elliott wants to know where the sugar on snow is	mmm... nice view
		tanks from a local creamery, used to store the raw sap (they're huge)
	they use a vacuum to suck the sap from the lines	a view in to the final stage of boiling
Elliott and Mike peer in	finished product splurshing out of the tube..	getting very filtered before being stored
	Some sap being boiled down the old fashioned way	Hard to say which Elliott enjoyed more - the sugarhouse or the mud puddles
a view of the lines going into the sugar house, with that dairy tank sticking out (they have two that size)	impressive tire swing!	Alas, the last evidence - Jillian was here
	Lorelei watches as the boys practice catching
no more raisins!		Elliott goofball tries on an 18 month pair of Lorelei's pants (that she can't squeeze into!)
Who's there?	I see you!	I love this shot
Elliott touches the water to change reflections on the ceiling		We meet Tracy and the girls at the Maple St. park
Weee!	ball!	Lorelei is psyched to rummage around in mulch and eat pine needles
	Amelia's not so sure	Kira goes after the ball
Elliott regards a big class of kindergarteners who come to play at the park, then joins right in	Swinging is fun, even sitting backwards (oops)
Babe inspecting specks
	mm, ummy dirt (I pulled dozens of rocks from her mouth this week)
peeking down at some temporary playmates	Weee!!! Lorelei loves the slides	We stop in Essex and actually see a real train go by! (the camera was full and I missed taking a picture of it, darn!). Elliott was very reluctant to touch or walk in the tracks
dancing	Lorelei in a cute outfit that justdoesn't become her	Sneaky girl opens all cabinets and drawers (Elliott NEVER did this)
Elliott pummels Lorelei before she wrecks his tower - ugh	basking	Basil in his safe place
		still a little unsteady in the lumpy spring grass
Mmm, mud pie	want some?	No thanks, thumb is better
	a crazy contraption we made	uh oh, it's not going to last long!
teething baby	our deluxe de-thatcher
balance boy	These daffodils (next to the house) are this tall	ooh, fan!
but these (in the right of the bulb garden) are much smaller	first crocuses of the year
	moss, so soft	Elliott inspecting the garden. The warm sun felt so good today!
more balancing	we met Nana at Boyden Valley wine/farm for a picnic and play filled afternoon	Lorelei samples our homemade bread (hey, you can bake bread from scratch and still make it to a picnic on time when you're up at 6am!)
I'm going to sail this ship to Africa! It will take two weeks.		a very windy day - I unfortunately set up our picnic blanket downwind of the sandbox, so we had a very crunchy lunch
Lorelei samples the bread	Nana helps Lorelei negotiate her lunch	I know there's a way up here..
	Elliott can't be bothered to slow down and eat. After all this silly picnic preparation and fancy picnic backpack, he ate two pieces of oranges, a baby carrot, and a bite of sandwich.
	Lorelei wanders away
the girl has NO fear	a swing with a view!	Elliott becomes friends with a very nice girl who lives at the farm
Lorelei meets a horse	mm... nosehairs
		our Anubias sp. flowered! ( this is a plant in our aquarium)
After bonking her head, Mike tries to cheer Lorelei up )we had used the bag as an ice pack, but she refused)	Elliott spent all day playing April Fools jokes on everyone - tying our legs together with cloth elastic and "surprising" us was his favorite
jumping on the bed is definitely allowed in this house - Elliott takes flying leaps off the top of his slide and boings all the way to the wall	Lorelei trying to figure out how to get up the slide	Oh, cat!