Easter 2011

We had a wonderful Easter! On a day that the 2 year old could potentilly have a million breakdowns for his basket, in church, too many people around, too much candy, and wanting more eggs.... we seemed to avert them all!

Friday night we started with dying eggs. Brode dyed eggs at day care last week and loved it, but they only got one egg so he had a tough time picking one color. When we went to dye eggs at home he didn't understand that we had a whole carton full that he could put in any color he wanted.

After he colored them all he put stickers all over and wouldn't you know, he picked all the sports ones off the sheet then said he was done so I finished up.

Saturday Brode had his first 'soccer practice' that he is doing through the Park and Rec. Matt and Grandma Beth brought him so I'll have to save that for another post and get some pictures! After soccer Grandma and Daddy took Brode to McDonalds to play in the playplace and he got a magnadoodle and a bubble gun for Easter from his grandma!

Sunday morning our goal was to get up, feed Brode, get dressed and head to church right away and avoid the whole "I want to play with my toys fro my Easer basket meltdown". Didn't happen. As I was in the bathroom finishing getting ready I hear, "Mom! My duck! My duck is full! Look"

I ran down the stairs to see his little behind sticking out from behind the chair. He dragged his chick basket out with a huge smile on his face. Brode got a book, a movie, a spiderman car/guy, and some candy! Luckily he was dressed and ready to go so after a few minutes of play time he was alright with leaving them home for later.
He was great in church and wondered why all the other kids around us were crying and talking. Brode only hadhis one moment that he needed to yell above the rest of the church when he stood on my legs "I can't see Father Mike!" At least they all knew he was paying attention.

After church we came home for Brode to play and have a nap before our family came over. He did very well with an early nap and got a good 2 hours in before heading outside to play. While we waited for company Brode played bubble gun, chatted with his neighbor friend Blake, and ran around while we tried to get pictures.

Our family came over for an Easter egg hunt and dinner. Last year Brode didn't really understand the concept but he was really into it this year!

 

Grandpa had a few surprise eggs we didn't know about for the hunt.

Brode's winnings from the egg hunt!

Inside each of his small ones was candy from Great-Grandpa and Great-Grandma. The large eggs were a gift from Grandpa and Grandma - water shoes, swimmies, and a singing and dancing Mickey - all for vacation!

We all had a large dinner and cupcake desert:

Yes, I made these, and yes they were a lot of work, but talk about a fun spring desert!

We're hoping after that beautiful holiday the spring weather can start to come around!

New Bike!

Brode picked out his very own new bike this weekend. When I say he picked it out, trust me, he picked it out. We tried to talk him into Toy Story with all of our might, but he insisted on Cars. We got up to the checkout and sure enough Toy Story was all gone and would need to be stored ordered but there were 4 Cars bikes left. Needless to say we walked out of the store with a racing red Cars bike and matching helmet on Friday night.

Brode has been starting this thing where he gets out of bed and leaves his room by himself on weekend mornings. Saturday morning we came down the stairs as Brode skidded around the corner in his socks "Grandpa! Can we put my bike together?" I wonder if the kid even slept that night.

After a big breakfast Grandpa and Brode gathered their tools and put together his racing red bike. He was a fan of the helmet too and wore it the whole time.

All finished and ready to try it outside!

Our Week

Our week hasn't been anything exciting. I went back to school after a nice Spring Break week off, I started working at the Y at night, and Brode was in day care.

Brode did have a bit of trouble with a cold and fever this week, and by Thursday he was too glassy-eyed and snot filled to go to day care. We got him into the doctor to have his ears, throat, and lungs checked to see why he had a 101 fever all week, but it was determined to be just a virus with a cold. He is slowly recovering but we're still flying through tissues.

Luckily, Brode picked Thursday to say home sick and watch the Brewers on their Opening Day!


Matt made progress with his foot. He got his stitches out and upgraded to a boot instead of a cast, but he is still on crutches and still anxious to play hockey. Brode has been a big help getting him water from the jug and carrying his foot up the stairs.




We don't have much of anything else planned! We're just hoping the snow keeps melting and we can get outside soon. I'm also hoping April goes fast so graduation, Florida, and summer are that much closer!

One last picture: Brode got a new sleeping bag for day care and he is in love with it. He insisted that he must nap in it and use it at bedtime, but he slides right out of the bed on it's slippery fabric so we made a nice bed on the floor for him. And yes, he is sleeping in this picture, he loves his hands behind his head.