Then and Now

My how the time flies! This is Zander in 2005 with his first Easter basket.
This is Zander at Easter this year. How could he have gotten so big. It seems like yesterday when he was that little.

Easter

This was a big Easter for Zander. We went to an Easter egg hunt at church then we had an easter egg hunt at Granny's farm with his classmates. On Saturday, we went to the flea market and Zander saw his first puppy and petted a baby duck and a baby turkey. Of course he wanted to bring them all home with him, but I have already been there and done that. Ducks are meant for a farm not in the living room.
The easter bunny came this morning. It was very lucky for me however that Zander forgot he was coming because apparently he forgot to come until Zander had been up for quite some time. He was a very smart bunny because he knew that Zander did not need candy or chocolate. He brought garden tools, firemen, and other small toys. He really only looked at his toys for a few minutes and then decided to help his daddy with the remodeling of the bathroom. This afternoon we will go to Uncle Steve's to watch the UNC game in the NCAA tournament and then to dinner. I will swing by and see Granny at some point today also. This is the first year in my life that we have not all been together for a holiday. Tracy and I decided that we would do our own thing this year. I guess it is time to start my family traditions. Mom and Dad are usually in Texas, so it looks like this is the way it will be from now on.
Zander and I dyed eggs this morning. It was so much easier than the old way. With this kit, you drop the hard boiled egg in a plastic bag and put in a few drops of color. Then he simply rubbed the egg around in the bag and presto! tye dyed egg. Then you put white sparkly glitter on it and let it dry. They were really pretty and it made absolutely no mess and we were done in just a few minutes. Now we will see if all of the color comes off on your hands when you try to eat one.
Happy Easter to you all!

Easter Outfit

Here is Zander's new Easter outfit. Do you think he likes it? The little bruises on his skinny legs are so cute. He was so silly when I was trying to take some pictures before we left for school for pictures that I didn't think he would do well with school pictures. I was wrong, they are adorable.

Easter 2008

Happy Easter

It is cold!!! The Easter Bunny spent alot of time trying to make Easter special for Zander this year. Why? Zander collected all of his pacifiers and put them into the Easter basket. He then wrote a letter to the Easter Bunny explaining that he was now a big boy and he would like for the Easter Bunny to take the pacifiers to his cousins Ruby and Eliza Claire in Texas. He did well until he realized that he was in his bed with out his pacey. He cried until I couldn't stand it any more. I think he went to sleep at 10:30. Oh yeah, during the night on the night before Easter, he woke up and looked at me and said, "This pacey will not fit in Liza Claire's mouth, I might need to keep it."
On Easter morning he got up and ran into the living room. There was a basket with bubbles, 8 easter eggs with little chocolate bunnies inside, a big chocolate easter bunny and a Charlotte's web DVD. He also had a note from the Easter Bunny explaining that since he was such a big boy, he had left him a big boy present. It was a green riding toy with pedals. He didn't really pay any attention to it or anything else for a while, because he was way too busy opening each egg and taking out the bunnies and eating them.
After nap time, we went to Granny's for Easter lunch. Then Vicki, Alana, Summers and myself hid the around 200 eggs for all of the kids to find. They had a ball. Each child got alot of candy and fun was had by all. Pictures to come later.

Vacation Day

On Friday, I had the day off from work. Zander and I went to breakfast at Mickey's with Cici and Papa and all of their breakfast friends. It was nice, we haven't gotten to do that in a long time.
When we got home, we dyed Easter Eggs. This was our first time. I think I got it all on video tape but you know how that goes. We will see. It was quite uneventful. We covered the table, I let him drop the tablets in the water. He was more interested in the magic (clear) crayon that came with the pack than anything else. We dyed our eggs and cleaned up. I hope that he remembers times like that with me as fondly as I do. That was Easter to me, getting to dye the eggs and taking pictures after church on Sunday. Then our parents hid eggs for us at Granny's house for us to find. They weren't just thrown on the ground either, they hid them. It was alot of fun.
So, in memory of my childhood, we will have the first annual Easter Egg hunt tomorrow after lunch. I have stuffed over 100 eggs full of candy. Sounds wonderful, huh? The only problem is it is only supposed to be in the 30's tomorrow. We will see how it goes.