FARMER ETHAN

With spring in the air we've been so excited to celebrate Easter. We began the festivities on friday by going to Baby Animal Days. I think I may have enjoyed it a little more than Ethan. He loved all the bigger animals- the horses, cows, oxen, goats and sheep but the little ones didn't spark his interest. He loved to watch them, pet them and listen to them talk. We waited in line so he could hold a little chick- you would have thought I was trying to brush his teeth. He wasn't afraid of the chick, he just plain wasn't interested (luckily we still got a few good pictures)

Mainly I think he felt like a deprived child- we wouldn't buy him a balloon or pay to let him play in the inflatable slide (which I might add cost $2 for 5 minutes of fun- they must be making a fortune!!) He was really interested in riding a pony but once again his unexciting parents didn't want to wait in line just to have him scream his head off because HE DIDN'T ACTUALLY WANT to get on the pony. We did, however, let him climb in and out of the tepee all he wanted- which he did think was pretty dang cool. All in all I think he had a good time (I hope he did because his friend Carolyn-Kate invited him to go see the Hannah Montana movie that day-and he really wanted to go-but unfortunately we already had plans :) -so she invited him to see it with her next time)

Easter morning was fun. Matt and I prepared his little Easter basket the night before (which I have to admit I had fun going overboard on). My favorite was hiding plastic Easter eggs filled with candy throughout the house-in really none obvious places like on top of the coffee table and in one of the corners of the hallway. I felt like I went full out when I woke up to make cinnamon rolls for us. (Which to my amazement actually turned out quite edible- usually they end up just being rolls with a dash of cinnamon and sugar)

Ethan was mostly excited about the candy in his basket. I tried to force him to play with some of the other stuff we got him (like boring sidewalk chalk and a coloring book) but nothing could come close. I'll make sure to let the Easter Bunny know next year that IT'S ALL ABOUT THE CANDY!!