Easter 2012

Who doesn't love Easter?As a kid, you get to see the Easter bunny, get candy and a cool basket, plus hunt for eggs. As an adult, you get to see your kids do all of the fun things you did as a kid. Smiles all around.

David had a blast this year. The Easter Bunny made a visit at church on Palm Sunday. David was nervous at first, but excited to see him. Then he left and David was very concerned that the bunny had gotten lost. We had to immediately go look for him, but alas he was no where to be found, as he had returned to service in street clothes. So for a week, we searched high and low for the bunny to no avail. That is until the day before Easter when he returned to church for the annual Easter egg hunt! David had a blast at the hunt, getting his face painted, heard some stories, and of course hunted some eggs.

Didn't want to look at the camera, he might lose bunny again!

Story time!

 Hanging with daddy before the hunt. He's giving the peace sign.

Go!!

Easter also calls for coloring some eggs. This was a favorite of David and he has been eating Easter eggs ever since. I actually went and bought 18 more eggs to color just so we could have more Easter eggs. Apparently hard boiled eggs are no good, but a colored shell makes them edible.

Of course the bunny came to visit our house. David was most excited  by the $1 squishy frog I bought at Target. Not the Hex Bug, the rocket, the sunglasses, the root viewing/worm house, or the candy. The frog. Note taken.

Last but not least, we wrapped up the weekend with an egg hunt at Nene and Papa's house with cousin Justin, his friend, and baby Lyla. The big guys were very nice and left easy eggs for David to find and fun was had by all. In the end, they all actually ended up with the same number of eggs without us splitting them up for them.

Fun was had by all over the holiday weekend. Traditions were started and will be continued for years to come.

***None of this is to say that we don't celebrate Christ and his resurrection through this time as well. David doesn't totally get Jesus or God yet, though we talk about it daily. As he gets older, we will tie more and more religious meaning into the holiday.

He spent Lent collecting money for One Great Hour of Sharing. We filled our fish bank pretty full. The money went to help buy seeds for people and to teach them to grow his own food. David didn't understand the seed concept, but understood fruit snacks, so when he added money to his bank we talked about how that would help buy all the kids fruit snacks. He also loved giving money to the Salvation Army at Christmas. That went to helping buy trains for all of the kids.

Scary

It's official. We have monsters in our house. At least according to the all knowing David we do. They must be big, green, one eyed monsters, because those monsters are scary!

This scary stuff all started a few months ago when he was in a tunnel at the Children's Museum. A kid roared like a lion and scared David to the point of tears. It broke my heart to see him so upset. It took us weeks to convince him that the lions are at the zoo and cannot get out. It didn't set in until he saw the lions at the zoo. We spent near 30 minutes watching them until he was convinced that they are indeed in a cage and cannot get out and get him. Ever since he learned they cannot get out, he likes to pretend to be a lion and scare everyone else.

Now the scary is monsters. How does one get rid of imaginary monsters? Why with Monster Be Gone Spray.

2 squirts before bed will keep all of the bad things away!

(Monster Be Gone Spray is actually air freshener with a cool label on it. Ours is tropical scented. I wish that I had come up with this idea all on my own, but alas, someone on the internet came up with it years before I had David.)

Last night we tried this for the first time. It was a success! He went to bed for the first time in weeks without saying that something was scary in his room, or asking if the monsters would stay away. We sprayed in the closet, over his bed, and one extra spray by the hutch in his room.  He looked at me and said, "All gone" and played with his bus until he fell asleep as normal.

Let's hope this solves our monster problem!

Spring Break 2012

This year we repeated our trip to Abe Martin Lodge again for Spring Break this year. David has a blast there, and it's fun for Nate and I as well. They have an indoor water park, which is a huge hit with y she packed 2 David.

This year packing didn't go as well for me. David has 2 pairs of sandals that are the same. Mommy pack a pair, only she packed 2 right foot sandals. Score one for mom. He happily wore them for a day before we even noticed. (Well, Nate kept telling me I had his shoes on the wrong feet, but I thought no way I could have done that several times. Then we figured it out.) The weather was also a little less predictable.It was supposed to be 80 the whole trip. We woke up Monday morning and the high changed to 65. Chilly. I did manage to pack a jacket for David, but not for Nate or I, and I only had Capri's and t-shirts for our trip.

Despite these things, we still had a blast. Of course, a photo bomb will of our fun will now follow.

David enjoying the noodles in the water park

 

The water slide - he was nervous the first time.

All good the 2nd time down!

My little thug

Checking out the sites!

Using his "eyes" to check things out.

Exploring the great outdoors

 

Checking out nature from inside

Who wants to look at the camera when you can look at the waterfall?

Checking out the deserted beach.

Riding a pony

We had a great time, even if we don't have a single picture of David smiling out if the water, he enjoyed outside as much as he did inside.