We just happened upon two fabulous things lately that I didn't hear about in time to get them up on the website - BOO! And the best part was? They were FREE!

My mom heard about Bear Creek Nursery (in Bellingham, out on Lake Sammish Rd.) on the radio. They advertised an Easter Egg Hunt the Saturday before Easter. It's right by our house, so I thought I'd give it a try. We were in for a real treat! They had:

Toys to play with (and beautiful nursery flowers for us to peruse)

Facepainting

Cookies and Capris Suns (LB had two of each!)

An Egg Hunt

Prizes in a prize drawer (and wonderful ones at that! LB chose a baseball and a large cannister of play dough).

It was awesome! We were there for literally about three hours. Time flew. We went back today (I called it the "park") and again, LB entertained himself in the playhouse and with all the toys, diggers and dumptrucks, lawnmowers and everything fun for boys and girls. I got to slowly pick out 4 new plants for my yard. What a beautiful morning!

And for the second great thing, we were told about Laurel's Country Farm and Western Supply Store customer appreciation day yesterday and we hopped in the car to head over and check it out. It was WONDERFUL!  LB got to catch a fish (a 14 inch trout, mind you!), pet Ben the Bull, various cows and calfs, a horse and fole, bunnies and chicks. Wow! He also got to ride in a horse drawn wagon and we ate a free, delicious lunch served up by the staff of fajitas, chips and salsa, hot dogs, and soda. The workers were so friendly and everyone was welcoming and sweet to LB. We had a fabulous time.