And now we are 12!
Today is our 12th wedding anniversary, and also the Vernal Equinox. 48 seasons together as a married couple! Here’s to many, many more with my beloved.
We kinda forgot to make plans to celebrate our anniversary (whoops!), but we *did* celebrate the Equinox as a family, so at least there’s that!
Madrigal and I started the day with an Equinox Celebration at our UU church, which was a really lovely intergenerational service with music and dancing and seed-planting. Then, the whole family took off for Naples, NY, to go the Cumming Nature Center for the last day of their Maple Sugaring events.
It’s actually too cold right now – the sap is all frozen in the buckets, but it was still a lot of fun to walk the trails and learn a bit about how maple syrup is made.
M even practiced carrying the sap buckets with a wooden yoke:
The sugar shack was a nice, warm stop along the trail!
Madrigal was SO happy on the trails, and kept saying, “mama, it’s so beautiful, it’s just like my dreams coming true!”
We’ve got to take this girl on more hikes in the woods, because apparently that really is what her favorite dreams are all about! We even got her to take a photo of us, and she did a great job!
This kid loves snow:
And also maple candy!
We followed up the hike with a few gifts for M (we celebrate each turn of the seasons with “something to do, something to wear, and something to read”):
She got Snapcircuits, two awesome books, and a new (red!) sun hat, and was very excited about all of them. Then, we ended the day with our now-traditional candles at dinner (we light them for every Equinox and every Solstice):
A lovely way to celebrate the coming Spring! I wish all of you a very happy Equinox, and a delightful Spring.
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What a lovely post. Happy Equinox!
Great pictures Whitney. I’m inclined to think you took them on your phone, but they look like professional quality! Even the one Maddy took- good for her! Oh, and Happy Anniversary. Fred and I don’t go out every year either. Sometimes the hassle of planning and going out is too much. Being together and in love is enough. :) Many more to you both.
Thank you, Cyndi! Indeed, these are all iPhone photos, and I’m just amazed that I can get such nice photos out of a phone!! We miss you guys – hope life is good in Princeton!