Playground Date

Last weekend we actually managed to drag Martin away from work, chores, his phone and the computer for a few hours and drove into town. We headed to Boulevard Park and the new Woods coffee stand that has opened there. I had never been and we decided to get some drinks and treats and walk the park. Of course Grace demanded a mandatory stop at the playground. I guess it wasn't such a great idea to dress her up in the new clothes Grandma had bought for her birthday. White is not so white after about a gazillion runs down the slide. At first she was kind of hesitant about climbing up by herself, but after Martin helped her out a few times she quickly got the hang of it and did so the rest of the time all by herself. There was another little boy there and he had no qualms asking a strange man (ie: my husband) to help him too. His dad had his hands full with the little man's baby sister. After a few slides the boy apparently warmed up to us as he felt the compelling need to inform us that "Daddy had a shower this morning". Martin and I looked at each other and had the hardest time to not burst out in gut wrenching laughter. Martin did manage to keep a straight face and when the Dad in question inquired what Jr. had said replied: "Oh, just giving the hygiene report." LOL

Awesome Easter Egg Hunting

All I can say is WOW!
I am in awe of what this amazing group of people has accomplished. Grace, Martin & I were lucky enough to snag an invite to the annual Easter Eggstravaganza my boss and her family and friends put on in a little park behind their house. I can't rave enough about how cool it is to have a park and playground like this in your backyard. Wow! Very cool.
Anyway, I digress... We suited Grace up in her Easter finery and lo and behold (like some other girls, I was glad to see!) she refused to put on pantyhose to keep her legs warm. So knee-high socks and black leather shoes it was, since a girl get's what a girl wants, right? (Well, sometimes she gets...)
I found the cutest bunny pail that unintentionally even color coordinated with her outfit. How cool is that? She even wore her bunny ears for most of the day, what a trooper.
She was a little set back by the fact that there were a lot of kids there and absolutely refused to get into the group photo. But I got some nice single shots of our little bunny girl.
I heard rumors that there were between 800 and 1000 eggs hidden in the park, and boy some were hidden rather creatively, like hanging from bushes and such. Very neat to make it a bit of a challenge for the older kids. I think the number of kids was supposed to be around 50 or so...
This year Grace got into the egg thing a little better than last year. Last year she just kind of stood there and watched all the other kids running to pushing to get a the loot. This year she took off at a good pace and had her share in her basket fairly quickly. The cool twist was that there were some "golden" eggs hidden that the kids could trade up for prizes like stuffed bunnies, bracelets, PEZ dispensers, little toys and trinkets, stickers and much more. Grace decided to go for a three pack of play-dough, which Mommy will hoard until we can play without making too much of a mess.
It was really neat that the event was a potluck so there was plenty of good food to be had and we had our share. Yummy! Grace was in 7th heaven with her strawberries and cheese on cookies. Yes, you read that correctly she placed her cheese slices on her sprinkle cookie instead of her cracker. Guess she liked it...
After we spent some time catching up with the gals from work and saying hello to others we knew we headed out for home. Grace barely made it out to the main road and my tired little bunny girl fell asleep. What an exciting morning...