I searched just a wee bit of coin last night.

1,480 quarters produced three Canadians and one UK 10 pence.

850 dimes yielded two silver Rosies (1946, 1947) and one Netherlands 25¢.

760 nickels had nothing.

Happy Easter!

Here's some pictures from our nice, long Easter weekend (I took off Friday and Monday). Sorry the kids don't look at the camera in most of them. Getting them to smile at you and get it on the camera is impossible these days ... trying for 2/2 is looking for a miracle!



On Friday we went to the Botanical Gardens to see the fields of daffodils they have there.





Later on Friday we went to a large (three backyards!) Easter egg hunt in my sister's neighborhood. Each kid could find 12 eggs. There were about fifteen kids there. It must have been a lot of work to stuff and hide them all! Kudos to Nicole and her neighbors! Henry found nine and Hazel found one (a nice young girl gave it to her). They were both very into and Henry even shared his candy with Hazel.



On Saturday we had my folks and the Mc G's over for a fantastic Indian dinner made by Meg and then on Sunday we got up early for church and to head out to Nonnie and Pop's. We got out of the house, packed before 7:30AM. That was a real Easter miracle!









The kids second Easter egg hunt was put on by Nonnie and Pops. Both kids did really well.

Our weekend also included crafting, crankiness, cute questions, a trip to a new library and a rare breakfast dinner date for us parents.

I did really well with my coins since the last posting.

25 small dollars had nothing.

8,101 half dollars turned up forty-six 90% silver halves (dateless WL, 1950D, 1951, 3 x 1951S, 7 x 1952, 1953, 2 x 1953D, 3 x 1954, 1956, 2 x 1957D, 2 x 1958D, 1959D, 7 x 1963, 8 x 1963D, 6 x 1964), thirty-six 40% silver halves (1965, 4 x 1966, 12 x 1967, 17 x 1968D, 2 x 1969D) and one proof half (2002S). Most of these including all of the Franklins came from one lucky, random bank stop. It's the most Franklins I've ever come across at once. The only bummer is that I didn't find either of the two Franklins I need for my album.

3,720 quarters got me one silver Washington (1963), three Canadians (including one 50% silver 1968), one US dime and two US nickels.

4,300 dimes yielded two silver Rosies (1952, 1958D), seven Canadians (including one 80% silver 1959) and one UK 5 pence.

1,520 nickels had one dateless Buffalo, one Canadian and one US dime.

34,900 pennies roped in one proof (1994S), one hundred fifty-one Wheats, one hundred seventy-eight Canadians, nineteen US dimes, one Hong Kong 10¢ and one Norway 50 ore. Two of the pennies I looked through had been stamped, one had California on it and the other a "G." I only discovered this new proof when one roll I was returned spilled out and the light caught it just right! Those things are sure hard to spot sometimes. I suppose I miss a few. I was glad to turn up two Wheats I don't come across much, the 1923S and the 1933D. The 1933D was a good upgrade for me.

1910(2), 1916, 1919, 1919D, 1920, 1923S, 1926, 1928, 1930, 1933D, 1934(3), 1935(4), 1936(2), 1937(2), 1938(4), 1939(5)

100 small dollars had nothing.

3,970 quarters turned up one silver Washington (1960D), three Canadians, three US nickels and one Moroccan 1 Dirham.

3,200 dimes yielded one proof dime (1996S), one silver Rosie (1961D), one Canadian, one Bermuda 10¢ and one Barbados 10¢. This new proof dime is the 4th rarest by mintage dime I've found. Only 1,750,244 were minted.

1,920 nickels produced eight Canadians (1 Ni), one Swiss 10 Rappen and a key date Jefferson, the 1950.

2,680 quarters turned up two silver Washingtons (1950D, 1964D), three Canadians, two US pennies and one U.A.E. 1 Dirham.

2,650 dimes had two silver Rosies (2 x 1964), four Canadians, one East Caribbean States 10¢, one US penny and a clipped dime. The clipped dime is pretty cool.



1,920 nickels yielded one dateless Buffalo, four Canadians (1 Ni), two US dimes and one US penny.

I had a pretty run with the coins last night.

100 small dollars had nothing.

4,920 quarters produced three silver Washingtons (1944, 1945S, 1960D), seventeen Canadians, five US nickels, two US dimes, one UK 10 pence, one Bermuda 25¢ and a colorized Rhode Island quarter. The last new silver quarter I found was in August of last year so I was quite pleased to find the 1945S last night. It looks good in my album!



3,650 dimes yielded five silver Rosies (1959D, 2 x 1961D, 1963D, 1964), two Canadians, one East Caribbean States 10¢ and one Steelie (1943).

2,000 nickels rounded up one Buffalo (1929), two War Times (1943P, 1944P), four Canadians, one Bermuda 5¢ and three US dimes.

Here's a few photos from Saturday's special event I snagged.

This weekend we celebrated Palm Sunday. It's a two day affair now that Palm Saturday (our church's Saturday morning kid activity) is part of our tradition. Henry was a extremely reluctant to go on Saturday morning. He arrived in his pajamas. I was able to change him out of this pretty quickly once at church and his mood improved dramatically. Nana and Grandpa came to take Hazel away and Henry and I stayed for the morning. With cousin Liam and about thirty other kids Henry made crafts, processed with a real donkey, witnessed a foot washing, decorating cookies and dyed eggs. His best work was his super cookie, two layers of frosting and a mountain of candy. Hazel and I also made cookies. Meg spent a nice morning with her mother shopping and enjoying some sinful, peanut contaminated Thai food!

On Sunday just after church we watched Meg race near our house and then drove over to the finish line to watch Meg beat her personal goal. We are proud of her efforts and hope she's able to do more soon!

The kids have been really into making block towers with each other and lots of crafts ... when they're not getting in each others way, etc. Here are some pictures.









8,000 halves turned up seventeen 90% silver halves (1917, 1940, 1941, 1948, 1957D, 1963, 11 x 1964), sixteen 40% silver halves (1965, 3 x 1966, 9 x 1967, 3 x 1968D), five proof halves (1985S, 2 x 1990S, 1995S, 1997S) and one Ecuador 50¢.



17,500 pennies yielded ninety-three Wheats, one hundred nineteen Canadians, nine US dimes, one UK penny, one Brazil 10¢ and one Bermuda 1¢.

1927, 1934(2), 1936