Easter

Now that Caroline is a year old I'm frequently comparing 'this year' to 'last year.' What were we doing at this time last year? Last Easter itself was a disaster...she was in the midst of her unknown gastrointestinal issues and she pretty much cried all day. I was so disappointed but we made up for it by celebrating the following weekend, when she was in a much better disposition.

I'm happy to report that this Easter was much more pleasant! In the morning we sorted through the goodies the Easter bunny had left in her basket. She happily plucked each item out and inspected it, but her favorite item by far was the small chocolate bunny. She had never had chocolate before! We only let her eat a little but I suspect she would have devoured the whole thing if we'd let her! 

Afterwards we headed out to the yard in an attempt to collect Easter eggs. Ha! This was a lesson in futility. Who has any interest in brightly colored plastic eggs when there's an entire yard full of sticks and twigs and leaves and grass awaiting??

She collected not a single egg, despite her daddy trying to show her what to do. She did however thoroughly inspect the wisteria, the ferns, a pile of leaves, blades of grass, etc. and promptly attempted to shove each respective item into her mouth. After 10 minutes of chasing her around the yard removing potential-choking-hazards from her grasp, we finally gave up and headed back inside. Perhaps we'll need to do a little easter egg hunt training throughout the upcoming year. She'll wake up one random morning in July and I'll be all excited saying the Easter bunny came and encourage her to pick up the eggs. Then again, I don't want her to be the only kid in preschool insisting that the Easter bunny makes several visits per year to our house....I forsee a lot of phone calls from confused classmates' parents...

"easter bunny? no no, she meant Pugs Bunny is
always hopping around at our house."

In the afternoon we headed over to Mandeville for a Renton family get-together with a crawfish boil feast! Sorry, no pictures of the mudbugs because we were too busy devouring them. They were absolutely perfect; kudos to Mr. Bill for his excellent boil job! Caroline didn't have any crawfish but she had a great time running around all her relatives and playing with Aunt Donna and Uncle Ace's dog Caesar. Unlike Winnie, Caesar didn't seem to mind having her around so I know she was thrilled to pet him.

I certainly am thankful that we were able to spend the holiday with our families, and that Caroline was feeling so much better in comparison to last year. Looking forward to next Easter when she'll have her running shoes on, ready to show off her egg hunting skills!