Sunday, April 4, 2010
E.B
The Easter Bunny came early because Mike has to work on Easter. He dropped his basket full of goodies off to Grammy's since we'd all be eating dinner there.
That silly bunny left his tracks:
Mack followed those tracks to this:
Before we could really blink an eye, she had the foil wrapper off the chocolate bunny and a mouthful of ears!
Sharing her bounty with Grammy and Aunt Meg:
That silly bunny left his tracks:
Mack followed those tracks to this:
Before we could really blink an eye, she had the foil wrapper off the chocolate bunny and a mouthful of ears!
Sharing her bounty with Grammy and Aunt Meg:
Egg dying
I don't think Mackenzie really understood what all this egg dying business was about but she had fun none the less:
And, at long last, a taste test:
And, at long last, a taste test:
On the hunt
Grammy threw an Easter egg hunt for Mackenzie and her friends! The Wilson's came and so did Ben and Hal. It was so much fun that I hope it will become an annual event. Thanks again, Grammy!
Let me explain this picture...Mary has a nightlight that flashes different colors. Ben really loves it. He likes to shout out the colors as they appear. Since it was daylight, the nightlight would only work in the bathroom. So here you have a truly strange picture:
And they're off! Grammy color coded the egg hunt. Olivia fittingly looked for pink eggs, Mack yellow and Ben purple:
Mackenzie found one of Ben's eggs so Grammy told her to hide it from him. Here's what she did:
The eggs were filled with little goodies like Goldfish crackers and Raisinettes. One egg contained a slip of paper for one goody bag. The bags were filled with fun spring treats like bubbles, a stuffed toy and a fun bendy straw! Afterwords we all enjoyed spring cupcakes. Some of us more than others:
Our wonderful friends, the Wilsons:
Aunt Janet with Hal and Ben ( Jeanette was working):
Let me explain this picture...Mary has a nightlight that flashes different colors. Ben really loves it. He likes to shout out the colors as they appear. Since it was daylight, the nightlight would only work in the bathroom. So here you have a truly strange picture:
And they're off! Grammy color coded the egg hunt. Olivia fittingly looked for pink eggs, Mack yellow and Ben purple:
Mackenzie found one of Ben's eggs so Grammy told her to hide it from him. Here's what she did:
The eggs were filled with little goodies like Goldfish crackers and Raisinettes. One egg contained a slip of paper for one goody bag. The bags were filled with fun spring treats like bubbles, a stuffed toy and a fun bendy straw! Afterwords we all enjoyed spring cupcakes. Some of us more than others:
Our wonderful friends, the Wilsons:
Aunt Janet with Hal and Ben ( Jeanette was working):
Treats!
We invited Erin, Olivia and Griffin over for a rice crispy decorating party. I originally wanted to make egg shaped crispies but after the attempt failed miserably,we gave up and just let the girls decorate their square as they wanted. Mackenzie wasn't interested in the sprinkles. She just wanted to eat her treat. Olivia methodically covered her square with three different kinds of colored sugar and two different types of sprinkles. Erin and I watched her, praying she would go easy and not eat the entire thing, visions of sugar highs dancing in our heads! We breathed a sigh of relief as she left the table with only a few bites eaten.
Our sigh or relief came too soon. A few minutes later, this is the scene we saw at the kitchen counter:
Yep. They ate the whole thing! Thankfully neither girl reacted extremely to the sugar. In fact, after Olivia left, Mackenzie sat on the couch staring blankly out the window! Apologies were in order for Will, who was going to be flying solo that evening while Erin finished up some Easter shopping.
Our sigh or relief came too soon. A few minutes later, this is the scene we saw at the kitchen counter:
Yep. They ate the whole thing! Thankfully neither girl reacted extremely to the sugar. In fact, after Olivia left, Mackenzie sat on the couch staring blankly out the window! Apologies were in order for Will, who was going to be flying solo that evening while Erin finished up some Easter shopping.
Help!
After a few of the conversations I've had with Mackenzie lately, I am worried there will soon be a role reversal and she'll be teaching ME! The mind of a two year old is insatiable and she just drinks in every bit of information she gets. Whether it's something she's picked up from Sesame Street, the kids edition of National Geographic, our conversations as we go through our days or who knows where, I am constantly amazed at what she can not only remember but actually learn .
We had been reading in Kids National Geographic about how tigers have stripes that help them to hide, or camouflage, themselves in the grass. A few days later, Mack found a caterpillar on the ground. After several attempts to kiss it , I rescued him by putting him in the dirt. Mackenzie, peering through the grass at him, excitedly shouted " He's camouflaged!" She later pointed to a picture on Grammy's wall of a butterfly on a flower and told her that the butterfly was pollinating!
We had been reading in Kids National Geographic about how tigers have stripes that help them to hide, or camouflage, themselves in the grass. A few days later, Mack found a caterpillar on the ground. After several attempts to kiss it , I rescued him by putting him in the dirt. Mackenzie, peering through the grass at him, excitedly shouted " He's camouflaged!" She later pointed to a picture on Grammy's wall of a butterfly on a flower and told her that the butterfly was pollinating!
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