Happy Easter, April 20! (WOW- I AM BEHIND!)

Today was a splendid day (or it was on the 20th of April, when I wrote this) to just relax and enjoy the beauty of God's creation. After MyLittleMegara and her family came home from church, we packed up to go to her grandparents' for afternoon social time/ dinner. But we ended up not having dinner or being social with humans- just enjoying sunshine and each others' company.

Where Mama left us: a chair on the deck.

 

Vivian was the first one brave enough to venture off of the seat, but I joined her quickly.

 

 

Next to join us was Mulan.

 

The three of us chatted for a while, soon to be joined by Ariel.

 

Aside from Esmeralda, Ariel is probably my best friend so we had a LOT to talk about.

 

I think our discussion of hair accessories bored the other two into near oblivion, so they went back to sit for a while.

 

Tiana and Naveen seemed perfectly happy to be left alone, staring at the yard and whispering.

 

Suddenly, Ariel stopped talking about hairstyling tips and whispered "Look!" in my ear.

 

Rapunzel was using her hair to climb out of the chair and Flynn was watching her like a hawk to make sure that she landed safely.

 

Sure enough, she landed safely- because he caught her.

 

   

Quickly, almost before we could notice it, he embraced her.

 

"Oh my goodness!" Ariel breathed in my ear, "Tiana and Naveen are great and everything, but these two are ADORABLE!" 

 

 

 

I agreed with her on that particular observation. :}

 

Vivian climbed up on top of the deck railing to enjoy some beautiful sunshine, while Tiana and Naveen sat in the vacant chair next to the chair where Mulan was still sitting.

 

Ariel and I also sunned for a while, but that got boring and our vinyl started to feel a little too warm.

 

 

As we lay in the warmth, we noticed a man made pond a few feet away. For all that she loves clothes, Ariel also likes trying new things and exploring, especially with her friends. Naturally, we decided to check it out.

Flynn and Rapunzel felt no such obligation.

 

Well, that was actually a really gross decision because this was as close as we were willing to get to the mucky pond.

 

 

But it was so different from the usual view of MyLittleMegara's bookshelves that we didn't mind. :)

 

 

After some walking and talking about everything and nothing, Ariel found a pinecone just our size.

 

 

I guess that's one of our Ariel's movie comparisons: she has a thing for stuff. (Now that's a vague sentence.) I mean, she likes to collect knick knacks.

 

 

Seeing that Mulan was sitting on the edge of the mulch bed by the deck, Ariel decided to show her her treasure.

 

 

 

 

 

Mulan thought it was neat and suggested that we show the others. Tiana and Naveen also liked it, although Vivian didn't really seem to care. (I think she pretended to for Ariel's sake.) But Rapunzel and Flynn weren't on the deck!

 

We ended up finding them in a little hollow place under a bud-less Japanese maple. They didn't really look like they wanted to see a pinecone, so we left before they noticed us.

 

 

 

After that, Mama wanted to get a picture of me in a tree (she has the strangest ideas sometimes- she kept leaving us out there to be with her family and then rushing back outside to take a bunch of pictures that I'm not including in this already 31 pictures long post) so... into a tree I went.

 

 

It was neat to see the world from where a human does- it seems so much bigger from up here!

 

 

 

She gave Ariel a boost as well and got more pictures.

 

After she let us down, we walked back to our friends and spent the rest of the afternoon discussing nature, our blessings, and the intricacies of life as a doll.

It's Been a Real Slice.

Meg <3