May Day 2008

April Showers...
...Bring May Flowers!

I hope everyone was able to get out and do something fun for May Day this year! I have fond memories of picking flowers, placing them on a neighbors doorstep, knocking and running away before they answered the door. It was great fun to hide and watch them look around and try to figure our who left the flowers.

I decided that this was the year to start the tradition with Taylor and Makenna. Unfortunately, the long winter made it impossible to pick the flowers, but we didn't let that stop us. We bought a large bouquet from the store and broke it into small bundles for a few neighbors.

Here are some pictures that capture the fun we had with this special day! As you can see, it was a learning process and each kid had their own style and approach!

The walk to the doorstep. Both kids did this well!

Makenna refused to run away from the door! She kept wanting to wait and go inside. Lucky for Taylor, most neighbors weren't home.

Taylor running and Makenna lingering and looking in windows to see if anyone was home.

I'm not leaving until someone answers the door!

Okay, I'll run! Wow, this is fun!!!

Here we are getting pumped up for our task at hand! Aren't these flowers pretty?

Mom, enough with the pictures! Let's go!

The flowers that several neighbors came home to.

Here we go again!

Run! Run! Run!

I think Makenna will do much better next year. She finally got the hang of it by the last house. Taylor was good to go. We all had so much fun (including the photographer)! It really put a nice spin on our day. One neighbor caught us but she really tried not to. Makenna just wouldn't leave her doorstep! A few of the other neighbors met in the road and discussed how nice of a surprise it was to be given flowers for May Day. They eventually figured it out and thanked Taylor and Makenna. One still has no idea...we'll see if they ever figure it out.