March 25, 2008
Easter
We went up to Napa to visit Gary's dad for Easter. I was (and still am) coughing, but I felt so much better Saturday morning. Lexi is now sick; she doesn't seem to be as bad as I was, but that could be because she can't complain as much. Her crawling has definitely improved over the past couple of weeks. She's still slow, and she hesitates quite a bit, but she'll move when sufficiently motivated (current motivators include balloons, either cat, or a Cheerio on the floor from breakfast).
Anyway, we spent the weekend doing pretty much nothing. Gary and his dad hid Easter eggs for Elliot to find in the morning. I filled most of them with chocolate (much to Elliot's delight), and a few of them I bought filled with playdoh. Gary Sr. and Emily made a spectacular Easter lunch, with ham, pierogi, green beans and sweet potatoes. Emily had spent the previous day baking challah and a flourless chocolate almond torte. After lunch, Elliot hid some eggs for Gary to find. Elliot managed to find all of the eggs eventually, but it took a lot longer than we expected. He spent a lot of time just standing in the middle of the backyard, sort of lazily looking around him and saying that he couldn't find any eggs. We encouraged him to walk around, look under stuff, and so on, but he didn't really seem to be in the right mood for a hunt.
Some pictures from our lazy Easter weekend.
Gary Sr. and Lexi
Filling the watering can...
...and emptying it out
Lexi playing outside
It's MY rubber band!
Now what?
Truce
Oh, how cute! Those are great photos. Sounds like you had a wonderful time together--wish we could have been there! Thanks for sharing the photos....
Posted by: Heather at March 25, 2008 12:49 PMHi - Hope you all get to feeling well and real soon - sounds like you are passing it around to one another. Great pictures of the kids - they are growing by leaps and bounds - and I am sure next year - when Elliot has competition looking for the eggs - things will be much more fun for everyone. Love to all!!!
Posted by: Aunt Kathy at March 25, 2008 12:50 PMThanks so much for sharing those precious photos of Elliot and Lexie. Can't get over how much both of them have grown. They are both adorable.
Posted by: Aunt Mari & Liz at March 25, 2008 03:42 PMThe concept of looking for something is new, isn't it? When I last saw him, his attention was more piqued by whatever was in his path.
Posted by: Jessica at March 25, 2008 07:54 PMBoy I hope yoou are all better out there. The picture are so cute of them looks like you had a nice Easter , and grandpa enjoyed the grand children, Wish i could of been there to see Elliot looking for his easter eggs. they have really grown love you all great grandma.
Posted by: spevie at March 29, 2008 08:30 AM