Happy Easter

Esme had an Easter egg hunt at school the other day so we had to practice at home so she knew what she was doing.  I hid some plastic eggs around the house before she woke up and she thought it was the best thing ever to go and find them and put them in her basket.  She kept saying, "Again, again!"  It was hard enough to get her out the door that morning.  By the end of the day though she was even more excited to see that the eggs she found at school actually had treats/toys in them :)  Ms Faye said that she was hesitant to go after the eggs at first with all the big kids so she had to help her out. 

This morning Esme was more than ready to wake up and find all the eggs we hid the night before.  She had a trail of eggs to pick up from her bedroom, down the stairs, and to the living room where her filled Easter basket was.  I found all kinds of toys to fill the plastic eggs with - bouncy balls, bracelets, bandaids, magnets, etc so that kept her busy as she found all the eggs.  I filled a few with jelly beans to mix it up and of course those were her favorites.  Then she got to enjoy her new Duplo Lego set that the Easter bunny brought her. 

We had beautiful weather today so we headed to Gasworks Park to enjoy the sun and run around.  Esme really liked running up the big hill and watching all the kites. 

Concentrating hard on collecting her eggs

Finding more eggs on the shelf

 

Taking a snack break

Watching the kites and float planes

 

This weekend we also got down all the newborn stuff/equipment to get ready for baby #2.  It's really the first step we've taken to getting ready for baby and time is flying so it seemed like the right time.  Next step is to pack our hospital bags.  Esme was very curious about all the new stuff and wanted to try on the clothes and suck on the pacifiers.  She even put her baby doll in the swing and loves to rock it back and forth.  This week Esme will start going to school 5 days a week so it'll give me more time to get the house ready, nest, and also for my appointments which are weekly starting next week.  Ms Faye and the rest of the staff are very excited to see her that much more which was nice to hear :)