Here Comes Peter Cottontail!

'Twas the night before Easter and all through our house was the smell of vinegar and eggs and the sound of a peaceful baby asleep in her bed.  Today and this evening we were busy getting ready for the Easter bunny's visit tomorrow, but that post will come later.  Tonight, I want to share with you all of the pre-Easter activities we have done! 

Last weekend, the weather was perfect for everything outdoors.  We began our weekend introducing bubbles to Avery.  She loved them and found it fun to run after them.  However, we have just started seeing Avery's independence come out, full strength.  Everything is "Avery help" which in the end just means she wants to do it alone!  No one can help her with anything.  So, after about 30 minutes of bubbles, we were out of bubbles and full of tears.  Ah...toddlers. 

Later that day, our friends Clint and Georgia had all of our friends and their families out to their lake for an Easter egg hunt.  Avery was excited to hang out with her friends and run around all afternoon.  One of our friends' little guys, Cole, had a big crush on Avery and kept trying to hug or kiss her.  Avery didn't want anything to do with it, but it was still funny to watch!



Dale, Cole and Clint



Getting a little help from Nellie


 

Once she had a taste of hunting eggs, it was all she wanted to do.  So, we took her plastic eggs home and repeatedly hid her eggs in our backyard. 

Then, she wanted to "hide" them for daddy.  Yes, she is putting them all under a bush.  I didn't say she completely understood the idea behind the Easter egg hunt.  :) 

And of course, a little flying time!

This week, Avery has started really playing with her animals and toys.  She makes them "talk" to each other, run or hop down the halls and completely interact.  Her favorite thing to do is have her toys look at everything she can see.  Including the deck...

Also, this week, Avery got her first "injury" that required a band-aid.  So she went to the store with daddy to pick out which kind.  She also really liked to kiss her owie as much as she could!

Happy Easter to all of our friends and families!  I will post again this week!