Spring is here!!!

Lots of things happening in the Conley household. Spring is finally here and the snow is almost gone!!! Fred spent the weekend here and we had a great time. He's gone to Russia for two days and then tomorrow we all leave for our Estonia and Latvia trip! Looking forward to spending more time with him before he leaves.

Of course this weekend is Easter and the Finns do things a bit differently. On Palm Sunday, the kids dress up as witches and decorate pussywillow branches with feathers, pipe cleaners, streamers, etc. They take the branches to their neighbours house and chant "virvon varvon, tuoreeks terveeks, tulevaks vuodeks, vitsa sulle, palkka mulle" which basically means "with this twig I wish you blessings and good health for next year. You get the twig, I get a treat!". They give their neighbour the branch and the kids get a treat. Their version of trick-or-treating, I suppose.

We went to an event last weekend hosted for international families, and it was a willow twig decorating party plus an Easter Egg hunt. Fabulous party!!! I had invited over some of my friends from playgroup so there was a good turnout. And Maddy got a big loot bag of chocolate eggs. We plan on doing an Easter Egg hunt of our own in our front yard on Easter Monday, and she will also get one at school tomorrow morning.

Charlie is feeling better and recovering from the pneumonia. A few visits to the hospital but things seem to be clearing up. He will continue with his cough for a few more weeks but should get over it soon.

Tomorrow is the start of our very busy travelling summer season and I can't wait to see what the next few months have in store for us.

Happy Easter everybody!

xoxox

Kim