Easter at the Heron House

Easter has been and gone and we certainly had a memorable one this year. from our weather it seemed more like Christmas than Easter. Anna has wanted roller skates ever since her birthday last Summer, so she finally got them at Easter. Excitement builds as the day approached when we can finally pickup our puppy.

Anna drove her oma crazy the day before Easter saying that the Easter Bunny could bring her some skates. Every child has their own way of getting excited and I guess that Anna's excitement was just too much for oma! This is the first time that I can remember that Anna actually woke up early for Easter or Christmas, I heard her stirring around 6:30 or so. Because of the snow falling outside, I for one was not too excited about going outside. Anna, poor girl had to wait till Sarah and her opened all their gifts, we had breakfast (and some of us got dressed) before she could finally try on her new skates! Of course she wanted to try them on before getting dressed, and we complied. Sarah had wanted a pink horse baby doll, so she was happy to open it up. She did mention that she would like skates too but she is still too small (the package said that the kids need to be at least 20 kilograms and Sarah has been sitting at 13 kilograms, for a while now).

We tried to let Anna skate on our parquet floor, but it was too slippery. Then we laid out a couple of rugs and she started skating on those. Oma was really surprised to see her skating when she came back downstairs. When we did get outside, Christine and I both held onto her for a while, so that she could get her balance and feel more comfortable. Bit by bit, she was able to ride with her new skates. Oma got to watch her and one of the neighbors and so on.

Monday, she started slowly getting her balance and then was able to skate from in front of the neighbor's house on the end of our street to the play ground at the other end. I was proud of her when she learned to ride her bike, and I was proud of her at her latest accomplishment.

Later on, we went to visit Christine's Aunt Marion and Anna insisted on taking her roller skates. Aunt Marion lives in a very hilly and unflat area, but there was a patch that was somewhat flat, so Christine, Aunt Marion, and I all took turns holding on to her as she skated because there was enough of an incline that she wasn't able to do without us holding onto her. After she has been skating for a while, I'm sure that she'll be able to handle that incline without our help.

My family back in Michigan has had a lot of snow this Winter, so I have no right to complain about the little bit of snow that we've had the last few days, but I'm ready for Spring and not really much of a Winter person.

We're getting more and more excited about picking up the puppy. We have planned to pick him on up on April 11th. You might have noticed that I put a count down widget on the site. As I write this, we have 16 more days. I hope that you all had a nice Easter.

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