Apr 13 2009
Easter
We bought the girls “FurReal” friends, the 3 year old got the baby bird and the 2 year old got the baby pig. My youngest son had bought the “FurReal” friends for the girls for Christmas in 2007, the baby bear and baby monkey. They love the ones that their uncle bought for them, they carry them around and feed them their bottles along with their favorite baby dolls. We had been shopping one day and picking up a present for a birthday party and happened to walk down the aisle where they were displayed, the girls about jumped out of the cart to get to them, but just because they wanted them we could not afford them right then, so they were given on a special occasion from their mother. Needless to say that they love the new “FurReal” friends as much as the ones they already have.
We all had fun coloring eggs!! I think everyone enjoys coloring eggs, my oldest son was here with his family and he was right in the midst of the coloring. Later, we went to a park that we had not been to but my son had been there before fishing. It was a very nice park and not far from where we live, always a plus when you have a kids, you never know what might happen that requires a trip back home. Unfortunately the 2 year old is not feeling well again, she has the cough back and ran a low-grade fever, so that was good that we didn’t have far to go back home if needed. We ended up staying a little over 3 hours and did not have to return home. The park has a lake and people were fishing, there were ducks on the lake, there were slides and picinic areas, basketball courts, baseball fields and much more. We had kites for the kids to fly and they ended up playing on the slides for a long time, we had to convince them to go back to the car so we could hide the eggs before the chocolate melted. My son took the girls and his 3 yrs. old son for a walk while the rest of us hid the eggs, there was an open field that was away from the main stream of people and we placed the eggs. When they returned they went to town picking the eggs up, we had to stop them from sitting down to open the find and wait until they were finished. When they finally picked up the last of the eggs they sat down and started checking out what they had, we played Frisbee for awhile and decided to go back home. The wind was a little chilly and I did not want the 2 year old getting any worse. My son was going to barbecue at his house and wanted us to go over but I said that we would pass. It was alright because he had his father-in-law and brother-in-law to barbecue with. We were not home a half an hour and both of the girls went to sleep, the oldest slept until this morning and the youngest was up off and on coughing. They had quite a day!
I love spending time with my family!! Last year my youngest daughter was here with her little one for the Easter egg hunt. When I was getting the Easter buckets out it reminded me, I had one extra bucket. More holidays will be coming and we will get together soon. I hope everyone had a pleasant Easter and spent time with their loved ones.
