The Easter Bunny

The past few weeks, people have been talking about this elusive 'Easter Bunny'. Mom has been reading me books about him and the kids at daycare talk about him like he is Santa or something. I haven't been too sure, because there doesn't seem to be any concrete evidence that he exists. Until yesterday.

I was minding my own business, napping in my room, when I woke up suddenly. Daddy and mommy came in and said that somebody, or rather Somebunny, had been at the house and had left a trail outside my room leading to a basket full of stuff. Well, that piqued my interest just a little bit. So I took a gander and found little bunny tracks on our floor! They were pink and small and outlined with a Sharpie marker. Ah-ha! I thought. I've got you now Mister Easter Bunny.

And so, I followed the tracks...

And I found your little treasure you left me.

And yes, I ate the candy you left inside the little eggs. I decided from then on, anytime someone tells me about a mythological character related to a holiday, it must be good and I must believe!


Earlier that day...

Mom and I discovered the art of dying Easter eggs. If the little metal thing that holds your eggs doesn't work...

Just dip it in...
And then put stickers on the eggs, cuz that makes them way more attractive.

Later that day...

I went outside to discover that the Easter bunny is even cooler than I thought. He hid eggs all over the yard and I just so happened to have this great little blue basket to put them in. Each one had candy in it too. How did I get so lucky?

And yes, of course my daddy had to go on his own Easter hunt, but all he found was a snake! No thank you!

Hope you all had as good of an Easter as we did and may the Easter bunny visit you often!

movies in the car + junk food + swimming = iowa

Well, Northern Iowa accomplished more than just a record upset this weekend. They made a lifer out of Jaxon. We think he will forever love Iowa. We took a family trip down to Okoboji for a last getaway before the baby comes. We got to see some old friends while we were there which was an extra bonus.

While we were there we...

Went tubing down the lazy river. We were really lazy... we went down this river ALOT. But it was much warmer than the other water, for whatever reason, and fun bumping into people. We played tag with mommy too.

We also practiced swimming (which by the way, also is fun to practice at home on the floor), and sometimes I drank a little too much water and got some in my ears. Daddy taught me to just shake my head all around and that water comes right out.

Did a little pirating...

And daddy taught me how to jump off the edge into the water where he would catch me. This was my favorite part of all, until he started yelling at me because I like to jump in the water even when he's not there. No fear!

We also got to play at the arcade. I won some candy at the claw game and watched daddy lose $10 to a game that he just had to beat, but couldn't. Sorry daddy. It's okay.

We had SO MUCH FUN. I highly recommend IOWA if you're looking for a great getaway ;-)

melting...

What a great day yesterday was. It was sunny and a beautiful 42 degrees in Minneapolis. I had a super productive day at work and presented a big project with kudos. Then Scott and I were able to see our little peanut on the big screen again... found out SHE is healthy and on track developmentally, still with a due date of July 8th. I thought that was the real highlight of my day, knowing I was going to be able to start shopping for cute little dresses and bows...

...but then I got home and saw Jaxon and he was so excited to see me. We sat on the couch, doing our nightly routine of watching Wall-E and he leaned his head over on to my shoulder and said 'Mommy, I love you.'. The snow was melting outside, while I was melting inside. Ahhh, does it get any better than this?

here comes the muffin man, the muffin man, the ...

This was another action packed weekend, complete with a visit from Grandma and Grandma and Carly from West Fargo and uncle Cory and Cousin Zoe. We had way too much fun and mommy really needs to get a camera like grandma's because her pictures of me are just so darned good. Saturday we went to the MOA. Dad and Grandpa took Zoe and me on a couple of rides while mom and grandma went shopping. Something about finding clothes for mommy's big belly. Whatever, I love mommy's belly. It's very comfy these days. Then, after that, we went home and took a nap. Then off to Zoe's soccer game, er practice. Zoe did really good and scored a couple goals.

Here's a synopsis of our weekend:

Here's mom. Boy, does she think she is something. I'm just minding my own business and she comes and swoops in and steals my ice cream! That's all you left me??

That daddy. He sure is fun to tickle!

Grandpa, showing me how to be cool.

Look out David Beckam.

Then on Sunday morning, mom helped me make berry muffins for everyone. She did a good job, and I told her so. Good job mom!

Indecision

I have sometimes been accused of being indecisive. If it's a trip to the spa or out to dinner, no questions asked, the answer is yes. But, today I completely struggled with my decision-making capability, and consequently I think we all suffered.

It was Jaxon and me all weekend as Scott made his way up to the woods to ice fish with the boys. It was Target free Sunday at the Children's Museum and I debated back and forth on whether or not to go, knowing it was going to be crazy busy, and knowing that my two year old angel is no longer an angel. Also knowing that my growing belly is causing me to be quite tired and I am no longer the spring chicken I used to be.

But of course, we went. Honestly on the way there, I thought about turning back at least three times. But alas, I promised dinosaurs and dinosaurs Jaxon would get.

But first, we did some drumming in the China exhibit...

cooked an apple over an open flame in the kitchen exhibit...

played a little guitar hero on the open mic stage...

sat on the city bus FOREVER. I had to drag Jaxon away from the motionless metro transit bus so that some other kids could have a chance. My guess, at this point he was just as tired as I was and it felt good to sit down.

Last, but not least, we did see the dinosaur exhibit. However, the dinosaurs are all just a bit too tall and scary to actually take a picture next to, so we settled for climbing on this squishy bridge a half a dozen times.

Looks like we had a lot of fun right? We did. It was a good choice, and we were only there for two hours, so I can't complain too much. It was the half-hour nap in the car ride home that Jaxon thought was his nap for the day that made it a poor decision.

But, hindsight is always 20-20, right?

A new voice...

I've decided that I need a voice. I am more than what I think my son is thinking. For over a year I have tried having my own blog for my floundering jewelry business (there just isn't time in the day anymore!), and another blog (you are here) for the latest happenings in Jaxon's life through his eyes and words (or what I think those words might be as they are still difficult to decipher sometimes).

But, I feel like I have some fun and interesting things to say sometimes too.

Regardless of whether or not they are true or made up things.

Therefore, my new Chinese New Year resolution (since I haven't kept any of my other ones yet)is to use this blog as a combination of my voice and Jaxon's voice, and soon to be little baby's voice. But not Scott's because he rarely, if ever, uses social media. You may see some snippets of things other than Jaxon's life (gasp!) and I'll have to think of a clever name, but it will still be the same blog you look forward to week after week, I promise.

Now, on to the important stuff... pictures of Jaxon ;- )


On Sunday, Jaxon and I spent the morning in our pajamas working on putting Valentines together for the daycare kids. I actually made them, but had Jaxon color on the backs and help me put the candy in the cups.

Clearly, this was his idea of fun!

Especially when there is the 'One for me, one for Lily' concept going on...

Hope you all had a wonderful Valentine's Day!

Grrr...it's the year of the Tiger!

Yesterday we went to Grandma and Grandpa's to celebrate Chinese New Year's Eve. No crystal ball dropped, but dad lit some firecrackers and I sure got a lot of red envelopes and filled my belly full of yummy food. Much more exciting that traditional New Year's Eve!


I know the value of a good red envelope...

That fish you see there. My daddy caught that in Canada. It was real tasty. Can't say much about the abilone (mom didn't care for it), but the rest was pretty good. Grandma is a good cook! Especially the pound cake!

Before dinner we lit some incense and waved it around... not sure what it did, but I'm guessing it blesses us for the year?

Then, dad lit off some firecrackers. I think this is supposed to scare away any evil spirits. Perhaps the neighbors as well.

I sure thought it was funny though!

Here's to a great New Year to everyone!