What do you do with your Easter Eggs?

We spent Saturday afternoon making egg salad with all our pretty colored Easter Eggs. Conor was very helpful in the kitchen. He cracked all the eggs, then I peeled them. He also helped mix in the mayonnaise and dump in the celery salt. Well, that was a bad idea because he got a little carried away before I could stop him, soooo...we had to boil a few more eggs and add some more mayo to make up for the extra salt. Overall, the egg salad turned out pretty good and Conor definitely had a great time helping!!

Easter Celebrations

Well, another holiday has come and gone. Easter was a whirlwind for us. Mommy was on call all weekend and had a very busy weekend with work, but somehow we still managed to do most of the Easter festivities. Saturday afternoon, we made it to the Easter Egg hunt in town. It was mad chaos and all we got was 2 already-opened-and-emptied plastic eggs and 3 small chocolate eggs. Conor didn't seem to mind, though he did keep asking for "more chocolate??" He sat very well to get his picture taken with the Easter Bunny and he wasn't scared at all!
Later that evening, Conor helped us dye the Easter Eggs.

On Sunday, Mommy went to church super early before going in to work, so Daddy and Conor were on their own. Doesn't he look so handsome??!


After church, we went to Conor's godparents' house for dinner. Mommy was able to join everyone for the delicious meal before having to leave again for work. By the time Mommy got home, Conor was in bed. Lucky for us, the Easter Bunny was able to deliver the basket and hide the eggs at our house on Monday instead. So when we all got home on Monday, Conor found all the eggs within minutes and was again thrilled to see that there was "more chocolate!!"

That's our Easter weekend in a nutshell...or an eggshell (he he he, I know, I'm totally corny!!!)

Now that spring is gearing up, we're starting the battle of getting Conor to say "Go White Sox" or "Go Twins"...could be a confusing battle for him!!

Try these links

These are some links to some video messages we sent to my family of Conor making some of his funny faces and some animal sounds. Make sure to turn up your volume when you click on the links, and be patient, it might take a minute to load!

http://www.tokbox.com/vm/3yrh55xbxoij

http://www.tokbox.com/vm/ilg9a68i4x47

Story time and swimming lessons

Every night before bed, we read a story (or two or three or four) to Conor, before saying prayers and turning out the lights. He loves books!!! This is one of his current favorites: Dinosaur Roar!!! He loves to repeat the "roar" and read right along with us. Daddy is a great story teller, getting very animated and making storytime lots of fun!!
My two favorite guys!!

Yesterday, we started swimming lessons. Conor was all excited about going, we tried on his swim trunks the night before and talked about it as soon as he woke up and all during breakfast. He couldn't wait to get his coat on and get in the car. When we got to the pool, he couldn't wait to get undressed and wanted to get in the water right away. I thought he would love it since he loves bathtime and has always loved the pool on our family vacations. However, once we got in, he was very clingy to mommy and wouldn't even let daddy help him most of the time. He was not afraid of the water and it was very warm in there, so I guess it was just all the new people and the new place. And maybe the fact that we were trying to follow the structure of the lesson, and not let him do it "Conor's way"!! He is very much an independent soul these days and is getting very good at throwing tantrums...I guess it's the beginning of those dreaded terrible twos.

Jumping in

Kicking

We have been practicing our Easter Egg Hunt around the house. Conor loves it when I hide a little fruit snack in each individual egg...makes for a fun way to have a snack, and several minutes of entertainment. Stay tuned next week for pictures from our town's Egg Hunt with the Easter Bunny. We plan to go unless it is super cold and snowy--like today!!