Easter

Easter was a massive hit! I bought egg dye about 3 weeks before Easter so Otto knew we'd be coloring eggs and he was really excited about it. I cooked 17 eggs and we took them over to Goa's for some dying. Otto loved it. He colored each egg about 5 times, insisted upon fitting as many eggs as he could into the cups of dye, and spilled at least two cups over. All in all it was great fun for all of us. The next morning, Easter, the Easter Bunny visited Goa and hid the eggs in her house. I was WAY too excited about the hunt and scared Otto. He wanted NOTHING to do with finding eggs. We had to wait about an hour and very nonchalantly mention that we should go look for them. He was hesitantly on board but once he stated the hunt he had THE BEST TIME! We had to hide the eggs about 7 more times before he finally moved on to something new. I made deviled eggs out of our bounty and we headed off to a party and another egg hunt-and this time the eggs were filled with candy. Once Otto discovered the treasures inside the eggs he stopped searching the instant he found an egg and ate all the contents. It was pretty funny. That evening Otto, Trevor, Tam Sam, Goa and I hopped in the car and drove out to the Valley to the closest Olive Garden. Uncle Richard gave us a gift certificate for Christmas that we finally used. It was our first family holiday dinner at a restaurant and we all had a ball and stuffed ourselves silly. The first 3 pictures are of our Easter activities: dying eggs, Otto's Easter outfit from Uncle Fishy, and at the Olive Garden. The picture of Otto and Goa is just a cute one over on her couch that I had to include and the final picture of Otto Trevor and I in bed was taken by Tam Sam one morning. Otto usually wakes up around 5:30 or 6:00am and we bring him into bed with us and all fall back asleep until around 7:30 or 8:00. It is such a wonderful morning ritual that we all love. Tam Sam will bring Maybe in the morning to play in the backyard. We are usually awake by the time she comes over but this particular morning we were all still lazing in bed reading books. I'm so glad because now we have one of the best parts of our day documented!