The Blandford Family: Easter Wrap Up

It seems like every holiday becomes my favorite holiday - surpassing the last holiday - but I think both Joe and I would say Easter has become our new favorite! We didn't have a lot of expectations for the weekend, which is exactly why I think it was so nice - yet there are all the things that make a holiday so much fun...the frilly holiday dress, the excuse to buy lots of random, fun little things that we knew Lucy would love in her basket, the family get-togethers (that probably should have come first on the list, before dress and shopping?) and family traditions. And, I think this Easter was especially fun for Joe and me because Lucy seemed to get into the traditions - she LOVED egg coloring and all the egg hunts! We couldn't pull her away from dropping eggs into the coloring bowls, they were all piled up in one bowl by the end. And, Lucy proved she is smarter than we think. We did an egg hunt at home, I placed the eggs pretty much in the wide open and she ran and swooped them all up in on loop around the house :)

At Bubbles, Lucy got to take part in their Egg Hunt (which kids were limited to finding 3 eggs?) and there was live music, an open play room, face painting, a snack table, etc. We met her best friend Isla there, and ran into a few of her other friends from my work. It was a bit crazy but Lucy had the best time so I am sure we will head back next year :)

On Sunday we visited my godmother, Aunt Pam at her church and Lucy officially made it through her first full mass. We spent most of the time in the sound-proof kids' room, but we were so proud of her for making it through the mass - and it was great to visit with Aunt Pam in between her busy masses. We then headed to my parents' house for a fun, chaotic brunch. It is really the only place Lucy can go with other kids and not need a little time to adjust - she runs right in and follows the girls around. They teach her to do things I didn't know Lucy would dare to try - like jumping off the bed!!!!! Oh lord. The food was amazing and Lucy got spoiled with easter baskets and gifts galore.

We then headed to Aunt Pat's house for Easter dinner - another amazing meal and Lucy surprised us by keeping up her full-force energy through the car ride home at 8 pm. She hunted for eggs all day as everyone kept re-hiding the same eggs, and by the end of the night she was requesting money from all of us as she started to enjoy the mass of pennies she acquired. Again, Lucy got spoiled with books, pjs, a new backpack - and lots more.

In other news, Lucy picked up her first box of girl scout cookies this week (she chose shortbread because of the blue box), Lucy visited the doctor and weighed in at 18 lbs, 10 oz (3rd percentile, but she is 10 % for height), and Lucy has added jumping to one of her favorite activities. She is adding lots of new words and putting two words together (sit up, daddy turn, bye daddy). Her doctor is happy with her development so we are just working on adding some weight.

Hope you are all having a great week!

Easter 2012