snapshots

 I found some eggs! Now what?

 Watching the puppet show with the big kids.

 Caught in the act...of sharing. Spotted Jack running toward one of his classmates at his Busy Bees egg hunt. Overheard, "Here you can have this one, Kynna!" Love him.

Sam is the first of his Little Lambs classmates out the door. Such zeal, such excitement, must be the thrill of the hunt...

 Wait, where's your basket? You're running right past the eggs, Sam!

 Who has time for hunting eggs, when we're on the playground?

 Big man is an official solo monkey bar crosser. He's so proud. Can you see the little look of determination, slight fear and enormous hope in his eyes? He couldn't wait to run inside and tell his daddy, grandaddy and uncle jeff!

 Silly dance partying in the bed of daddy's truck with cousin Sean. These three are a mess.

 Ceremonial Easter Sunday snapshot.

 On the hunt at Mimi & (great) Grandaddy's house. Molly's lending some aid.

 Playing peek-a-boo with mom.

Giving Molly some "Sam love," which is often confused with torture. Poor Molly.

Easter Treat

Eggstra, Eggstra!

Okay, so the title is cheesy, but I couldn't think of anything creative. Jack has officially gotten the Easter egg hunting fever. After two hunts in two days, he's really gotten the hang of it. Sweet Merideth got Jack an awesome bucket to use for his hunting.

Our church held an egg hunt Wednesday night after supper. Things got kicked off with the youth putting on a puppet show for the kids. Jack had seen one once before (I think last summer), and I was pretty sure he would like it. When we walked in, they had put out the little chairs for them to sit in, rather than sitting on the floor. So, Jack sat next to Merideth's boys Tate & Brit. Even though he's a good bit smaller and younger than they are he looked so big sitting in that little chair! I think you'll agree. It was as if he'd aged a whole year over night (I think his new haircut helped too). Our little boy is growing up fast.

After the show, the little ones headed out to the playground to hunt eggs. Jack quickly got the hang of what he was supposed to do with the eggs. He liked throwing or hurling them into the bucket, but we had to point them out. He managed to find three, which was plenty. Then he moved on to the slide. I'm pretty sure his favorite part of the night was the cookie topped with colored sugar.

Today, his preschool class had an egg hunt. This one was held inside because of the yucky weather. Granted, these eggs seemed to be more obviously placed, but Jack had no trouble figuring out exactly what to do with them. He gathered his pile quickly. We had fun playing with the others in his class...although today it was just Jack and the girls (Carson, MacKynna & Amelia). Jack's best buddy, Andrew, is still recovering from RSV. He's on the mend though and we look forward to catching up at his birthday party on Saturday!

You can see lots more pictures from our egg-citing adventures here.

Jack's First Easter

What a beautiful first weekend of spring! Saturday was a lovely day. After a couple of trips to Lowe's, Josh and I spent the afternoon in the yard. Jack sat in his swing on the front porch. Josh is still tirelessly trying to get the grass to fill in in the yard. Rewarding ourselves we went out for dinner.

Everyone got up and going bright and early Sunday morning. Josh had to go by the hospital and I had a casserole to make before church. It was a lot of fun getting Jack all dressed up for his first Easter. His outfit was very cute. The easter bunny even left him a new bib to wear and a very cute seersucker outfit for this summer. We went to the early service and left for Athens (Winterville, technically) after Sunday School.

We had a delicious lunch and enjoyed visiting with family. Jack watched some of the kids hunt easter eggs. I could tell he is looking forward to his shot next year. After returning home we spent a quiet evening at home. The beautiful weekend was followed by a couple of brief showers of snow flurries Monday afternoon. So much for Spring, right?