Happy Easter 2009!

Mason's second Easter was much different than last year's. Mason had lots of practice collecting eggs prior to Easter morning. There was an egg hunt at daycare and he had absolutely no idea what the other kids were doing running around the yard gathering coloured eggs to put into a wicker basket. When he was given an egg he dropped it and became upset when it broke open. Little did he know that there were treats inside of the egg! Apparently he didn't want anything to do with the eggs after that point and he simply watched all of his friends.

We had my family for Easter on Good Friday and Scott's family on Easter Sunday. On Friday we had a little egg hunt outside for the three little ones. Mason was a little more knowlegeable at this point and he wasted no time picking up his borrowed basket (thanks Noah) and heading out the door to look for eggs. He did quite well and ended up with about a dozen eggs in his bucket when all was said and done.

Some of the eggs were even in snow!

Mason and I took in some of the Easter festivities that were offered by the town. The Easter Bunny was pretty scary and after a quick high five Mason headed to the petting zoo where he checked out the miniature donkeys, sheep, goats and llamas.

Easter morning was so much fun! When Mason came walking out of his room we told him that the Easter Bunny had visited and left him some eggs and surprises. He was so excited when he saw his Easter basket and all of the neat things inside of it. The Wiggles' CD was a huge hit!

The Easter Bunny left eggs all over the house and inside each of them was a Dora or Diego sticker - wooo hooo!!! Mason loves stickers! He did really well collecting all of his eggs (I guess he should have considering the two practice runs that he had previously.) Each time that he saw an egg he would say "Easter Bunny egg!" - it was pretty cute.

Mason didn't get to eat any chocolate (although he got lots from his grandparents, aunts, uncles and cousins) however he did get to taste a Peep. He thought that they were the best things in the entire world and kept asking for "more chicks". A few bites was more than enough sugar for this little ball of energy!

We hope that all of you had a Hoppy Easter!

The Past Month in Review

Once again I look back to my last post and am amazed that it has been over a month. It doesn't seem that long ago to me. The weather has been all over the place and as recent as last Monday we had a snow day. I think that spring has finally sprung and Mason in particular couldn't be happier. He is soooo done with snowsuits, mittens and winter boots. Last week when his daycare provider pulled out his snowsuit to go outside and play he had his very first meltdown for her. It had been a good week since he had last had to wear his snowsuit and he was not very pleased about winter's return. This picture of Mason with his horse Cinnamon was taken about a month ago in the backyard. We still have some snow but there is now more grass than snow.
Mason is just getting into finger painting. He doesn't like to have things on his hands such as yogurt or cream cheese so it has taken some work to get him to feel comfortable with the feeling of paint on his fingers. He was quite focussed once he got the hang of it.

Sidewalk chalk is great! We have drawn a line about three quarters of the way down our driveway and have written "STOP" in an attempt to start teaching him road safety. He can spell "stop" when you ask him and he will run down to the line saying "S-T-O-P. Stop!" Right now it is working quite nicely and I am crossing my fingers that he continues to do this well.

We had an Open House for my mom's 65th birthday a few weeks back and then everyone went out for dinner to a local restaurant. Mason had a blast running around the hall with his cousins and thoroughly enjoyed his dinner out as there was lots to look at and lots of french fries to eat.