Hoppy April!
Bobbin's weekend has been filled with bunnies, eggs, and ham. It started yesterday, at her friend Miss E!'s house, with an outdoor egg hunt followed by brunch consisting of ham, ham, and more ham. Oh, other stuff was served as well - D&C put together a fine feast! But Bobbin was all about the ham.
After spending the entire day running around outside in our abnormally warm and sunny weather for this time of year until 8:30pm, she literally crashed and was out until 8am this morning. I awoke to little tiny happy murmers of "Mahning, Moose! Sssssss.... Mommy Seeping. Ssssss. Moose. Good seep? Yah? Ah-kay. Ssssss.... quiet. Mommy seeping in bed. Ah-kay? Good moose" emanating from the baby monitor. What a glorious way to wake up! Sun shining, birds singing, gentle breeze drifting through the window, sweet chatters of my little angel as she lies in bed, and 8:00am in LED on my digital alarm clock display. Aaaaahhhh.
I went in to get her, and the Easter hunt began. Starting with the basket right outside her door, filled with a stuffed frog (she has so many bunnies and chicks already!) which she adored, a Beatrix Potter book about the Flopsie Bunnies, a little wind-up hoppity rabbit, and an egg-shaped cup with a built-in straw. From there we emptied the basket and began the egg search, leading to the living room where a new baby crib, tea set, and lego toy awaited.
After her bottle, the egg hunt resumed. All told, I believe the bunny hid about 40 brightly-coloured plastic eggs indoors, and about another 30 outside, each with some sort of surprise - stickers, Hello Kitty figurines, tiny Bob-the-Builder Trucks, little matchbox racing cars... all her favourites :-) The outside hunt didn't commence until after her nap, which followed a picnic lunch on the back deck of watermelon, cheese, crackers, and... you guessed it... ham :-). There are still some eggs outside that have yet to be "found". We got a bit distracted, stopping to swing, climb steps, fall down said steps (that put a damper on the activities) and play outside with our sand and water table and wheelbarrow (which led to another fall, unfortunately). But she rebounded pretty fast from the missteps, no significant bumps or bruises resulted, and she was back to her usual playful, happy, chatty self within minutes both times.
Grandma and Grandpa and cousin Shawn came over in the afternoon for a dinner of... ham... and Bobbin had fun playing trains and watching dinosaurs with her cousin, and watching her grandma while smiling shyly the entire time :-)
We ended the day with a bath, after which she immediately fell asleep on my shoulder, not even waking when I put on her diaper, smoothed on her after bath cream, and put on her jammies. And not a peep since, either.
Here's some video of the day (click image to view video).
And while we're at it, here's more photos in her April photo album including more easter photos!
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