Easter Sunday!

We spent Easter weekend up in NoVa with Dave's family. It was great to see everyone! When we got home mid-afternoon on Sunday, we had to get very creative about playing Easter bunny! We took turns distracting Delanie so we could do baskets inside and hide eggs outside.




As you can see, this basket is completely full! And everything (except a few pieces of candy) was from last year's Easter clearance! Apparently, I was excited to "spave" in the clearance aisle last year.




One of the few pics where you can see Delanie's face under that mop of hair. We are not willing to fight that battle. We have also dropped the whole "wear one of your 5 new Easter dresses on Easter" thing, and instead opted to let her choose this lovely ensemble.

Since she had just done an Easter egg hunt the day before, this time around was a little different. Delanie proceeded to open each egg as she found it, to see what was inside. She was very bummed to find only Cheerios and goldfish. :)

Not a new Easter gift, but a new talent! Delanie started pedaling her bike in the last week or so!

Other quick news from us:

Delanie has added lots of "interesting" words to her vocabulary, which are making it difficult to set limits and establish routines. Some examples:

"Delanie do you like hot dogs?" "Maybe."
"Delanie you need to get dressed before breakfast." "NOOOOO! After!!!"
"I am making dinner." "Mommy, Come NOOOOWWWW."

The flip side is all the funny things that we hear coming out of her mouth! One of the best things about her experience at school is that she surprises us with what she learns. Regularly she will sing a new song in the car that we have never sung at home. And she is now speaking in paragraphs, giving so many details about what has happened at school or what she sees outside the window.

It is also nice to hear her talk about her relatives. She has distinct memories for so many family members, even if she can't see everyone regularly. She often tells us that she misses someone or loves someone. This week, she longs for her Mimi and Mamo to return, as they spent the first part of last week with her and everyone had a blast. Today in the car she said, "Go visit Mimi on airplane, Mommy."

Another new development: she has started to tell us she is "scared." She said it for the first time over the weekend when her Aunt Kate brought out a scary looking puppet. And again, she said it today when she heard a firetruck. She just looked at me and said, "I'm scared Mommy." Of course, after identifying a fire truck siren and a police car siren, she told me whe was going to wait for the pizza man to come.

Her 2 year appointment was last week. Delanie is an asounding 38" tall. This is again above the 97th percentile, and graphically, it is further above the normal growth curve than she has ever been. Her weight is roughly 30 lbs (she refused to cooperate for that part), which is the 80th percentile. Developmentally, of course, she is right on target, too.