Happy Easter

Happy Easter, everyone!

We had a rough start to our day with Caden screaming nonstop from midnight to 3am. Nothing we tried got him back to sleep.Needless to say, we all started the day exhausted. Fortunately, the Easter Bunny came which of course cheered us up! Caden ran right into the living room and straight for his basket. The first thing he grabbed - a foil wrapped chocolate car. Not only did he pick out chocolate, he picked out the largest piece in his basket at first sight! He had to eat a few things before he started looking for his eggs, but once he got going he was really good at it! He found seven eggs hidden in the room filled with candy and little toys.

Caden's basket was also filled with fun things. He got a dvd set of 100 popular children's books. The Easter Bunny thought that would be a good present to help him through the long car rides we have coming up this year. Caden also got a zhu zhu pet, a set of peeping chicks in eggs, four books, some toy cars, various other small toys, and a ton of candy. He was a very happy boy!

At our church the men always put on an Easter breakfast. We've gone the last two years and decided to go again. Caden was pretty full from his candy (and bag of pretzels in the car) and only had a donut hole at church. Greg had an omlet and I had biscuits and sausage. I like doing the church breakfast and having one less meal to worry about. Unfortunately, in hindsight, we probably shouldn't have gone because Caden was already worn out and ready to head home by the time the church service even started. I think this might have been his worst behavior in church to date. Greg and Caden were actually in the sanctuary for about five minutes of the entire service. It was frustrating for all of us. If only Caden could handle the nursery. But week after week he goes in there and we're buzzed to come get him after only minutes. There doesn't seem to be much else we can do.

Back at home we played in the yard for awhile and I got lunch ready. It was kind of a pointless meal, however, since we were all still full from breakfast. Next year I'll have to remember this and plan for a big dinner instead! Anyway, we had family nap time next. It took Caden 45 minutes to fall asleep and then he slept over two hours. Greg of course fell asleep immediately. I've been having tons of sleeping problems lately and was not able to nap at all.

The rest of our day has been fairly laid back. We spent a good amount of time outside. Greg put together our new bike trailer that we bought as an early anniversary present to ourselves. Caden was very curious about the whole process but put up an extreme fit when Greg tried to fit the seatbelts around him! He was screaming at the top of his lungs, slamming his head back and forth as hard as he could, and reaching for me to take him out. The neighbors probably thought we were torturing him. Anyway, once we finally got everything fit Greg grabbed the trailer and pulled Caden around the yard a few times. In seconds he was smiling and laughing. Then we went to go set it up on the bike but found we need air in the tires. Since we don't have a bike pump the rest of this trailer story will have to wait for another day!

Well, that has been our Easter! I hope everyone else enjoyed their day too!