Happy Easter and Other Ramblings

We had a very busy but fun Easter weekend. Karen, Lina’s day care provider did an egg hunt with the kids both Thursday and Friday. I was happy because at least she would know what to do when it came time for the “real” thing! Lina absolutely loved looking for Easter eggs. She was pointing around in all different directions saying “egg”, then would run around to try to find them. She was so cute, and it just made me so content to watch my daughter get so much joy out of such a simple thing. What a wonderful first this was for our family.

Our Easter weekend started Friday night when Lina and I colored eggs. She mostly liked watching me do all of the work while she sat and marveled at the eggs coming out of the colored water.


On Saturday, we traveled to Ken’s parent’s house to celebrate the holiday with his side of the family. Lina and her cousins had a blast looking for eggs, and breaking them (the plastic eggs) open to find chocolate inside. The weather was warm enough that we were able to hide the eggs over and over again.

The Easter bunny delivered Lina’s basket during nap time. He knew that since Ken had to work in the morning it was okay to make a special late delivery! Lina came downstairs and had a great time ripping through her basket to see all of the goodies. She loves her new jump rope but cannot figure out how to jump with it! We spent time outside for a short while looking for eggs, but the weather was too cold to re-hide them over and over again. Picture this: at one point, she had an egg (hard boiled) in each hand, went to clap and practically made egg salad right there outside. It was just so innocent. We had a nice low-key dinner with my parents and one of my brothers who dropped by while driving through our town.

I hope that everyone had a great Easter weekend, and if this is your first one with your child that it was as special for you as it was for us.

In other news, I will be eager to post next week with how Lina does at her first sleepover at grammy and grandpa’s this weekend. Since tax season ends this week, Ken and I are planning a day away. We both are looking forward to this so much, and though Lina does not know it yet, she will just love being spoiled.

Also, over the past few months I have been feeling the blogging blues. I’m sure you have noticed with my lack of posts! I contemplated ending the blog and changed my mind again a number of different times. I am happy to say though, that I am finding my interest again. Truly, it is not fair that I follow at least 10 different blogs weekly, get disappointed when they don’t update regularly then turn around and not update myself. So, here starts my new leaf!

And just because I can’t resist…here is one more cute picture…