Easter weekend was last weekend and I spent Good Friday and Saturday recovering from our spring break va-ca. We were suppose to have a town egg hunt on Saturday morning but it was cancelled due to rain. Don't fret. You had THREE egg hunts. One at home after church on Easter morning, one at Grandma and Grandpa's house after Easter dinner and one at Nonna and Nonni's house on Easter Monday (thanks to Aunt Molly who filled the eggs with her treasured fortunes).
The Easter Bunny left you TWO baskets filled with goodies hidden in the yard. The Easter Bunny even left a basket for Daddy! His had Star Wars trinkets and beef jerky instead of the traditional Easter treats. I found you on Monday morning downstairs where you had discovered an open bag of jellybeans. I'm not sure how many you ate before I stumbled upon your feast.
We went on Easter Monday to visit Nonni and Nonna. We took a stroll around Brookside Gardens where the tulips and other early spring flowers were putting on quite a show! We even spotted ducks, lots of turtles, birds and geese around the pond.
We dyed Easter eggs on Saturday and had a lazy relaxing day at home! Hooray! Easter morning was spent in church with the Wagmans, where you proceeded to flirt with the 80 year old men behind us. I know you were flirting when one of the old men exclaims at the exchange of peace, "She's quite the flirt!" You also decided you wanted the little girl's purse who was sitting next to us. You tried to get on her good side by holding hands with her during the Our Father. Her mother complimented you on how well behaved you were. Then you proceeded to take off your shoes and socks and finish out the mass bare footed. Charming.
We were able to spend Easter afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa. Aunt Kaarn and Uncle Cliff couldn't make it up for a visit. We missed them, but that didn't stop the annual Jothen egg hunt. Grandma had hidden the eggs the night before. As a result, some of the plastic eggs had been infiltrated with garden residents including ants and a snake! The snake had actually popped open two eggs and to his / her disappointment, nothing but chocolate was inside. We know this because we stumbled upon the snake opening one of the eggs in the garden which freaked you and I out. But it wouldn't be a Jothen hunt without some sort of thrilling excitement! Oh! And I let you play outside by yourself for all of two minutes. I came out back and you were nowhere to be found. Finally, you came running when my calls became more frantic. You had discovered a patch of mud on the side of Grandma and Grandpa's house which was really a bag of gardening soil. You excitedly showed me your mud and hands. Lately, you have been fascinated with mud and dirt. You love to dig around the yard and in some of my house plants. It's a good thing the Easter Bunny left you a pink gardening shovel at Grandma's so you can dig around without getting your hands so dirty!
This was your third Easter. Your first, you were only 2 weeks old. Last year, you had just had your 1st birthday. Now you are 2 and I want to slow down time. You were so enthusiastic about hunting for eggs, singing songs in church, putting on your dancing shoes. You bring such joy to our lives. You bring such joy to people around you, family, friends, even strangers, like the woman in church who is battling cancer. Your pure elation for life is contagious and I want to bottle it and remember it forever. My wish is that you will always appreciate things like a triumphant tune or dancing shoes. You will always have this zest for life and inspiring people to enjoy it right along with you.
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