Remember Easter??

Yes, Easter was a few months back.

On the Thursday before Easter, Reagan's school hosted a picnic and egg hunt to which the parents of the kids were invited. Reagan was sooooo ready to get the eggs that he was upset about having to eat lunch first. In his defense, it was a bit unfair that he saw the teachers throw the eggs out onto the ground (they weren't really 'hidden') BEFORE lunch was served. I'd be ready to grab the eggs, too! He didn't even want to play on the playground while we waited. He just sat in the grass near the eggs and picked flowers--oh, and whined.

After lunch his teacher, Miss Patty, handed out the Easter sacks that the kids had made earlier in the week. Since I was the photographer Daddy was going to help Reagan find the eggs. Last Easter Reagan was mostly interested in seeing what was in each egg. He'd pick up an egg and then immediately open it. Daddy wanted to make sure that this didn't happen again. He told Reagan, "Once you see an egg, get it, and then drop it into your bag. Then look for another one."

Strategic planning for the egg hunt.

Miss Patty told us that each kid should get 10 eggs. She said, "Make sure your children get their 10 eggs." So off Reagan went with Daddy. He picked up every egg that he saw. He was fast. There were several times that he'd pick up an egg, and instead of putting into his bag he'd just go off to the next one he saw. He would have 3 eggs in one hand! He was serious and on an Easter egg mission. When we got home we counted our eggs. We had come home with about 13 more than the 10 we were told to get. Oops!

Here's egg number 15!

Remember how cold it was on Easter? It actually snowed here on Sunday! That didn't stop the Easter Bunny from visiting our house, though! He brought Reagan 4 Bob the Builder trucks...that was the very start of our Bob collection. We now have all but 3 of the 13 trucks that they sell. (What does that say about Reagan's parents??) Before these trucks Reagan was just interested in the Bob books. We now have checked out a few of the movies from the library and have seen a few episodes on PBS. Now David and I are usually waking up to the Bob theme song through the baby monitor. Reagan sings the song ALL THE TIME. It is mostly when he's playing by himself...in fact, even when he's on a playground and climbing around on the playscapes I hear him saying, "Bob the Builder, can we fix it? Bob the Builder. Yes, we can!" over and over again. I guess there are worse things he could be singing.

Playing with all of his Bob the Builder toys in his Bob the Builder underwear and singing the theme song.