Easter 2014

I am loving holidays so much this year now that I am old enough to participate more!  I had lots of fun hunting and dyeing Easter eggs!

Posing at the church Easter egg hunt

First, the weekend before Easter there was an Easter egg hunt at Nana & Papa's church.  I went with Mama and Nana.  There were sooooo many kids there, and they were all having so much fun!  Before the hunt, there were games and crafts, including decorating cookies (yum!).  Then, we all went outside together.  They had 2 separate hunts, one for the bigger kids, and one for the little kids like me.  The Easter egg hunt was on the morning of Mama's friend Sara's wedding, which meant my Godparents were also in town, so after the hunt we got to go out to brunch with them.  What a fun day!

Trying the cookie I decorated with Mama…yummy!

I found a pretty painted egg! 

Hunting for eggs

Brunch with my Godparents, Laura and Shane

Later that weekend, we also dyed some Easter eggs at home.  That's where you take the eggs and put them in colored water, and then when they come out, they're colored, too!  It was so much fun!  It was my very favorite part of Easter!

Colors all lined up and excited to get started!

Here we go...

Waiting and watching... 

Yay yellow!

Check out this video of me dyeing my first Easter eggs, too:

The next weekend was Easter.  I was supposed to go over to my friends' Molly and Charlotte's house the Saturday before for another Easter egg hunt, but I got sick with the stomach flu in the car on the way there.  I was still sick on Sunday, so we didn't get to go to church.  We opened my basket at home, and then I took a 3 1/2 hour nap in the afternoon.  I was feeling a little bit better after that, so we decided to go to Nana and Papa's house for Easter dinner.  I got to hunt a few eggs on the patio and even got 2 more Easter baskets from Nana & Papa and Great Grandpa & Grandma Killion.  Mama was happy that I at least got to wear my Easter dress and take a couple of family pictures!

Hunting eggs on Nana & Papa's patio

More hunting 

Pink and purple…my favorites! 

Posing with my purple egg

One Easter family photo

Deanna Rose Playdate - Round 2

You might remember that last year, I told you about when I went to the Deanna Rose Farmstead with my friends Caleb, Shae, and August.  You can check it out here. We had fun, but 3 of us were still babies so we only got to look at the animals from our strollers.  Plus August got sort of grouchy, and I got really mad at Caleb for not letting me have his spoon, remember?  Well, we decided to check it out again today, and oh boy was it fun!

Me, Caleb, Shae, & August - Can you believe we're actually all looking at the camera???

The first animals we saw when we got there were some baby cows.  They were inside the barn in a little pen where we could reach in and pet them.  There were also some little baby goats in the barn, but my favorite things in the barn were the pretend horses that you could ride on.  There were 3 different sizes, and I tried them all!

Checking out the baby cows

I got to pet one while he was sleeping!

Looking at the baby goats

They were so little!

Trying out the little seesaw horse first

Then I traded up for the bigger one!

Next we went back outside and kept walking until we found a goat pen that we could go inside.  We were in there for a long time petting all the goats.  They were so silly!  They would try to chew on just about anything, especially jackets and shoelaces!

Saying hello to all the goats

There were so many of them!

They really liked Mommy's friend Amy's purse and shoelaces.

Hello, little goat!

When we finally finished playing with the goats, we kept walking, and we saw lots more animals.  There were pigs, horses, bigger goats, and lots of different kinds of birds (including my favorite, an owl!).  We also found a little garden playground and lots of big swings.  Caleb, August, Shae and I decided we had to try one out!

Time for a swing!

After the swing and a quick walk on the nature trail, it was time for lunch.  We went outside by the parking lot to some picnic tables and had our lunch right next to the playground.  As soon as we finished eating, it was time for another quick round of playing!

Trying out the slide

Toddler trouble: part 1...

…and part 2!

We had so much fun!  I can't wait to hang out with my friends again soon!