Easter Anecdote

Sometime after Addison went to bed last night and this morning the "Easter bunny" paid us a visit. Not a ton of stuff, but enough for a 2-year old. Besides, the Easter bunny from Grandma and Grandpa W.'s house is coming over later today, if you know what I mean!!

The plan: Have the living room all set up with candy and treats and capture the whole moment on film when Addison wakes up. Yesterday we were talking to her about the Easter bunny and explaining what he/she does, and she kind of thought the bunny sounded a lot like Santa Claus. We told her that when the bunny came, they would leave treats in the house for her. I should preface this by saying that every single morning that Addison has ever woken up, she makes a beeline for mommy's bed, at which point we figured we'd head downstairs. This is mostly due to her fear of spiders and monsters in every single room that she is not currently in. We figured we were safe....


But this is a toddler....


We awoke this morning sometime before 7 to the sounds of crying - not a common sound for us to hear these days. Dan got up to get her out of bed only to discover that she was not in her room...or anywhere upstairs for that matter. Nooo, he found her walking up the stairs, with an already opened chocolate egg in one hand, chicky stuffy and bunny straw in the other...it was only a soggy diaper that kept her from investigating the living room further!

When asked why she came downstairs, she said, "I wanted to find the bunny treats!"

So while we didn't get the "moment" we were hoping for, watching her walk around the room with her basket in hand looking for the other treats were well worth it!
Happy Easter everyone!

Spring is *here* at last (?)

I use those words sparingly - just last week I put away the winter jackets and it turns out we needed them this weekend. But I'm optimistic spring will be here soon.
The past few weeks Addison and I have taken advantage of our time together and done quite a bit of baking. She loves to help out, adding ingredients and turning the mixer on and off. Her favorite (and our easiest) recipe is rice krispie squares. We've done lots of other stuff too, and this past Thursday we made sugar cookies with spring-y colored frosting. It was also one of those projects that had I done it by myself probably would have taken 2-3 hours total, but when you factor in toddler-time, it stretched out all day long (with breaks in between of course!). The cookies turned out great and we've had fun sharing them with her little friends, and Grandma and Grandpa W. as well. And of course, Addison and Daddy and I have had our fair share as well.

Tomorrow, my daughter learns how to make paska...pics to follow!