Easter Party

Jeremy came up with this great idea to let Carolyn have an Easter party. He thought it would be fun to host an egg hunt for her and some of her good friends. And then he asked her if she would like to do that. So, as you can imagine, for two weeks we have heard of nothing but this party. "Is my party today? How many more naps until my party? Is Arys coming to my Easter party?"

Finally, the day came and this was how Carolyn felt about it:

(This is trying to repress giddy laughter.)

We had dinner together...
...and you should hear a table of young kids telling jokes. It's hilarious!
Here are the little hunters getting ready to find some eggs!

Post-hunt enjoyment:


Here are the children trying to blow dry the dyed eggs so they could put their stickers on.

We eventually just got out a real blow dryer so we could hurry and finish. There needed to be time to watch Bolt. The kids watched the movie until the parents could come back and get them. That's right. This was a drop-off party.

Special thanks to Elyn who kept Blake happy all night. She stayed when she realized that Jeremy wasn't going to be able to make it home from work in time to help. She was a great help.


Here's Carolyn's basket at the end of the night.


Of course, this morning her basket is empty. She made quick work of it--just in time to refill it at the neighborhood hunt in a couple of hours.

Best Buds

Carolyn has a best bud in Arys. The two get to play a lot because the mothers do dinner together often when the fathers are busy accounting. It's fun to watch Carolyn start to interact with the babies around her. I was the proudest mama the day Carolyn stole her dolly back for the first time! To be honest, most days, they just play by each other instead of with each other, but every once in awhile we will find them conspiring to be naughty.