Well, we had a fun-filled Easter weekend. Saturday morning, after seeing what the Easter Bunny brought us (he comes on Saturdays to our house--we have a special deal with him), we went to our city's Easter egg hunt. It was about what one would expect from a free event for the public. It was crowded, busy, and over in about 10 seconds. As you can see below, Phebe didn't care about any of that. She had a fun time.
(Side story: There were signs posted all over the place clearly stating the limit was 4 eggs per child. I can't even tell you how many kids had baskets overflowing with eggs while some kids had none. I suppose kids will be kids, and that this isn't too big a deal. That would be true if I hadn't seen the parents of those egg-grubbing kids feverishly going through all the eggs to see if they had won any prizes. Apparently there were some big ticket items up for grabs, and those parents were bound and determined to win something, no matter the cost. Sheesh. I mean, really--what are you teaching your kids by doing that?! I was appalled by the whole scene. We're not going again. Rant over.)
Sunday we went to church and then to Grandma and Grandpa Tolman's house for family dinner and an Easter egg hunt over there. Phebe wore her new Easter dress all day long. I put her hair in sponge curlers the night before, and she was a good sport about it, but her hair didn't quite turn out the way I had envisioned. Oh well--I have plenty more chances to work on my technique because she insists on having them in her hair if she sees them out. Here she is before church:
And here she is hunting for eggs in the Tolmans backyard:
I was only able to convince her to take the dress off when her cousins started doing bubbles. She might love bubbles more than dresses. Actually right now she loves candy more than anything. We're trying to eat up those treats quickly. Sometimes parents have to make a lot of sacrifices. :)
We had a wonderful weekend, and hope you did too!
