We had an action-packed, fun-filled Easter weekend!
Grammy, Grandpa, Uncle Clark, Aunt Brittany, and Emma all came down to visit. It was
soooo much fun.
The girls played so well together all weekend! Caroline LOVED following Emma around :) Thankfully, sweet Emma was patient with Caroline and her lack of sharing skills.
Grammy and Grandpa
came Thursday, so Jon and I could go out to celebrate our anniversary. Then, Grammy babysat again on Friday afternoon, while the boys played golf and I cashed in my anniversary present...a day at the spa!!!
Saturday, we hit the neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt. It was really fun! There was a bounce house, petting zoo, pony rides, face painting, balloon animals, a fire truck, the Easter bunny himself, and of course, an egg hunt.
At first, Caroline stuck close to Daddy in the petting zoo.
But then she warmed up.
She was chasing the bunnies, pigs, and goats, so it was hard to catch a good pic. Lets just say, she got so excited as she was running around that she stepped in the animals' bowl of water. She was drenched in "goat water" which smelled awesome.
When it was time to line up for the egg hunt, all the kids were waiting so nicely with their parents....Except for ours. Caroline decided she would get a head start and check things out. It's best to get the lay of the land first, so you can have an aggressive plan of attack.
Egg hunting time! Her sweet buddy Jack wanted to make sure she didn't have more eggs than him ;)
Some coaching from Mommy.
Dude, this basket is weighing me down.
She actually wasn't all that interested in
hunting eggs. She just liked opening them.
The bounce house, however, was WAY more fun!
She didn't care that all the other kids were twice her size.
When her turn was over, Daddy had to go in and fish her out. She didn't want to stop jumping!
The gang (minus Grammy, who was taking the pic)
After naps and a much needed outfit change (seriously, the goat water smelled).
We ate at Waterloo for dinner. The girls seemed to enjoy playing and eating outside!
Sunday, we went to church, then came home for brunch.
Bribed her with candy to get a family pic...
The Easter Bunny brought fun treats! Including
Caroline's first ever taste of jelly beans :)
This is awesome!
After brunch, Daddy and Uncle Clark reported that they had seen the Easter Bunny hopping down the trail in the greenbelt next to our house. We decided to check it out right away ;)
At long last, Caroline got into the whole Egg hunting thing. Now that she knew some of the eggs had jelly beans inside, she was off the the races!!
She was running so fast!
She would give each egg a shake...
If it made noise, she'd open it and dig in....
Hmm, Jelly Beans! (if it didn't make noise, she'd toss it aside)
Jelly Bean drool.
Sweet girls :)
Me, Grammy, and Aunt Brittany.
I am only 8 weeks ahead of Brit in our pregnancies, and yet I look as big as a HOUSE in the pic. Brittany just has the cutest little bump :)
After all the fun, everyone headed home to Big D. Except for Grammy! She stayed an extra night to babysit for us yet AGAIN!
This time, we hit the road to San Antonio to see the Lady Bears play in the Final Four. We are obviously the biggest bandwagon fans ever ;)
Sic 'Em Lady Bears!
BIG Thank You to our wonderful family for making the trip down to spend Easter with us!!! We had such a wonderful time!
And an especially HUGE thanks to Grammy for allowing us to take advantage of her free babysitting skills all weekend!!!!!
After our train ride, we played at the park
and some hiking
she loved the "pond pool"
Always Daddy's girl :)
