Pre-Easter Romp

Good Friday is a decidedly less somber day for the under 5 set.

It helps that Grandma and Grandpa were able to come to town to help us celebrate the holiday weekend! Jon took a day off, too, so while I toiled away at work, the rest of my family did this in the sunshine:

A visit to Hand-in-Hand Park was long overdue.

See how Miles has improved his balancing skills!

And he's so much more audacious on slides!

One of Adele's recently acquired phrases is "rock, rock!"

Grandpa & Adele

Grandma & Adele

Is she not huge?

We are working on developing Miles' upper body strength.

On Saturday, I was able to join the family as we made the rounds of some jolly community Easter Egg hunts. The first one we attended was at the Veterinary School.

Miles-eyed view of the hunting grounds:

And they're off!

Adele ditched her basket pretty quickly. She wanted to imitate a cat today, darn it, forget these silly eggs!

Miles got 3 eggs... good enough for him!

One perk of the Veterinary School venue: they got real rabbits!

 

This made. Adele's. day.

Miles was pretty chuffed too! Especially did he love feeding them, as the kids were encouraged to do.

They probably could have stayed in that hutch all day. Probably. Could have. It was a gorgeous day.
But, I kinda thought they might be disappointed with the slim egg pickings at this event, so we hauled them to another, at a local shopping center.
...Yeah, it was a mob scene. But we were valiant!

Miles has a bit of shell-shock; don't mind him.

He was very intentional about finding five eggs in different colors so he could have a rainbow.

Adele learned what she was supposed to do very quickly. I'd just point out an egg and she'd go grab it for her basket. I would like to say, too, that these tiny egg seekers (this was a 5 & under only hunt) were very well mannered! Almost no physical combat occurred at all, as far as I could see. Several older children refrained from grabbing eggs when they saw Adele making for them. How refreshing!

And well, if there were going to be bouncy toys there, why not let Miles wait in the enormous line to play?

....Twice?

We left JUST before everyone started to lose it, so really, I consider it a successful Egg Hunt.

Later that afternoon, Miles drew our house & family and Grandma and Grandpa's house & family.

...While Pater and Mater Familius enjoyed a date to celebrate our 7th anniversary. Grandma & Grandpa were so kind as to provide the babysitting, and we walked downtown on a very pleasant evening to enjoy dinner and froyo, just us. Just what we needed. Best Holy Saturday since we've had kids? I think so.