The last day of spring break

Spring break came to a close today and the weather was more like summer. The spring flowers are out and the trees are in full bloom. It is too nice to be inside. We took the kids to Connor Prairie. It's a historical village, a la Sauder's, but way way better. Sauder's has it's merits--like the ice cream shop and the general store, but Connor Prairie is way more authentic. I can't believe I have been driving past it on a weekly basis for 3 years and this was our first trip!

They have an animal encounter area (barn) where the animals just come out. They are so used to people, they will just walk right by you. There were 2 sets of baby goats (kids) and we loved on them all. Don't Jim and the girls look like they would make great goat farmers?????

And the momma needed milked. After the kids tried, I got to try. I need to practice because I was not very good at it.

Our other livestock venture will be chickens (someday....). Annalise practiced holding a baby chick.

Outside of one of the homes, there were toys of the time. The iron hoop and stick. Evie took it for a roll down the hill.

Evie taught Annalise how to do it too!

Outside of the potter's shed and kiln, there was a "clay box" for the kids to play in. After they finished playing, they had to dump out their shoes. We will have to come back to Connor Prairie soon because we only saw half of the grounds and pretty much nothing on the inside. We also want to take a trip up in the balloon this year. So much to do!

It is a long standing Seibert family tradition to have pizza on Sunday nights. We don't always have pizza because sometimes Jim does the cooking. On a beautiful day like today, no one wanted to be in the house, but I started some dough with the idea that it would be something I could make up quickly and we could eat outside. Then we decided to try baking it on the grill instead of the oven. I was in charge of preparing the dough and Jim watched over it while it baked. (Also, you can see our cherry trees behind Jim. they didn't get bit by the frost. Cross your fingers that there are enough bees to get them pollinated!)

The finished pizza. It tasted good too. I have a feeling that we will be eating a lot of grilled pizza this summer.

And we finally hauled out the furniture so we dined on the deck for the first time this season! It was a great spring break. Summer is just around the corner!