“Croquet, Anyone?”

The weather was gorgeous today, so we met some friends at a park and played croquet.  The Memphis Croquet Club has two courts at the park, and we played on one while they played on the other.

And, of course, no day at the park is complete without playing on the slide.

And Daddy and Claire had fun playing airplane.

It was a little windy today.  At one point, Claire’s ball blew off the back of the court, down the hill and across the pond.  Here are some pics of Steve retrieving it.  It was hilarious!  Every time Steve would get close to the ball, it would float just out of his reach.  These pictures are posted in sequential order.

The ball stayed in this position until just before Steve got close enough to pick it up.

Just as he gets there (after running all the way around the pond), it moves out from the shoreline just a little…

Then a little more…

Then downstream a little…

Then closer to the shore…

Then Steve found a stick!

At last!

Our hero!  (All of the other park patrons were cheering him on as well!)

And, for your viewing pleasure, a few pics of Claire.

We had a great time at the park today!  What a gorgeous day!

And for those of you who are not members of Facebook, perhaps you have not heard, but Claire went poo in the loo this morning!  What a big girl!

We decorated for Easter this morning.  When we got home from the park, Claire kept dancing with her bunny.  (Her bunny is flying an airplane.)  Here’s a video.  (And she thinks it’s sneezing, but it’s really saying “Whoo!” not “a-choo!”  Too cute!)  Enjoy!

And last night, my little cookie baked me a cake.  We let her stir up the batter.  She’s quite the messy cook!

Hope you’re having a great weekend!