Easter 2011

We started out the Easter weekend by coloring some eggs.  Next year, we'll hard-boil the eggs first... but never mind about that.  We had a great time dying the eggs, and applying glitter, and they turned out beautifully.

Next, we went to an Easter Egg Hunt and Vita got to meet the Easter Bunny!  Many of the kids were shy around the Easter Bunny and some even ran away screaming, but Vita was thrilled.  Later in the morning, when the egg hunt began, Vita got a little shy and hesitated while some of the other kids grabbed eggs, but then we found a secret hiding spot and Vita came home with a little bag of her own candy filled eggs.

On Easter morning, Vita woke up to find that the Easter Bunny had hidden even more eggs around the house, and left her a basket filled with treats and toys.  Vita found all of the eggs, even the eggs that were way up near the ceiling.

Here is Vita enjoying her bunny ears and pinwheel.

Anabelle looked on with much excitement.

She was the cutest little Easter egg of all!

Sunshine and Solid Food

Now that Anabelle is almost six months old, she has started solid food.  It's been fun having her at the dinner table with us, and she seem to like food... especially banana.



We're making the most of the sunny weather, and checking out new local parks.  These pictures were taken at our new favorite park.




Anabelle and Vita love to play together, and as Anabelle gets older, she's much more interactive and they have more and more fun.



Sadly, Anabelle's time with me in the office is coming to an end, and next Tuesday the 26th, she'll be in daycare full time. For the past several weeks, Anabelle has been easing in to her new daycare routine, and she's doing great. She goes to school in the morning, and spends the afternoons with me at work. I'm really enjoying having her with me, and I think she's having fun too. Here's Anabelle with some of her work buddies.

Spring Is Here!

Spring is finally here and the weather has been wonderful! Here's a happy picture of Vita and some of her friends at school.


Vita picks the most interesting outfits to help her dad with the yard work. This one is very Devo. Don't you think?


Our neighbor snuck up and took this cute shot of Vita and Ernie planting some flowers.


Meanwhile, Anabelle is interested in everything these days. Here she's trying to leap out of my arms to check something out.


Vita and Anabelle play together all the time, and Anabelle is always interested in what her sister is doing.  Vita is showing Anabelle how to play with this toy.

Here's Anabelle cuddling with her dad.


With all this beautiful weather, we've been spending some time outdoors in the backyard just playing and relaxing.  It's wonderful.  Ernie even swept all of the spiderwebs out of Vita's playhouse, which really made the day seem like the first day of the season, and the start of lots of beautiful happy afternoons playing outdoors.

Anabelle posed for some pictures in the shade...






But after all of the rain we've had, Vita was having so much fun she didn't want to stop playing long enough to have a picture taken.  Here's an action shot.


Caught you!