Easter

Mike was home for Spring Break last week and we loved it! We got a bunch packed and some cleaned and spent some time together and with friends. What more could you ask for?

We stopped by the Swamp Center, our favorite place, and checked out all the animals. Even though we've been there quite a few times now, Lil' O is still so excited to see the animals! This time he was extra animated and liked pointing and talking to each one. He also liked walking the trail and finding all the lizards and salamanders. He insisted on getting out and pushing his own stroller about halfway through and we only almost lost him in the swamp once. Mike was fixing his shoe and I was looking at a lizard and apparently O was continuing, because next thing we knew the stroller was halfway off the boardwalk and about to take Lil' O into the swamp. It was pretty exciting.

Here's a neat caterpillar we found on the way out.

We had a nice Easter. We had dinner with a bunch of friends on Friday. Lil' O had so much fun playing with his friends on the playground. We looked over once to find him watching contentedly while his friend Leah proceeded to dump handfuls of woodchips down his onsie. We couldn't help but just laugh, we were still finding woodchips when I cleaned the bathroom yesterday.

Saturday morning we got up and headed for the Primary Easter Egg Hunt. Oliver loved decorating his bag and then looking for eggs. Here are a couple pictures of our fun morning.

 

On Sunday we got to church early since Mike is temporary choir director. We had a nice turnout for choir and they sounded great singing "I Believe in Christ" for the Intermediate Hymn. I love Easter Sunday, it's such a special time to talk of Christ and His Atonement and Resurrection. I love teaching Oliver about Christ. He loves Jesus, he's such a sweet boy. His favorite part of the "Because of Him" video is the picture of the baby, he loves babies!

Before we headed to church, Lil' O checked out the Easter basket. He loved all his neat Easter things. Thanks so much Nana and Papa Fisher for the doodle pad and candy, and Aunt Tauna, Uncle Steve, and Jess for the soft puppy! He loves doodling away and now knows the word candy. He has to take his puppy down for naps and to bed every night now! Nana and Papa Fisher got Mike a score and me some socks. I'm lovin' my socks, they're seriously so comfy, and Mike's already been checking out his new score.

Later that evening, we had Easter dinner with some friends. It was so nice. Oliver loved playing with his friends again. He's even getting used to their cat and didn't act like he was in mortal danger whenever the cat was around!

Here are a couple videos of our silly Little Man for your viewing pleasure.

He dressed himself this day and insisted that this was all he needed.

I tried to convince him to show you his ABC's and Counting, they're starting to come a little...

 

We love you all and hope you're doing well!

Counting Down

We're starting to get ready to go now, and it's getting pretty exciting!

Yesterday I packed the first two boxes. Lil' O was awake and it was a lot harder than packing with no children. He likes to check everything out and take it all out of the box as I'm packing it in. Maybe I'll just have to speed pack during naptime? We'll see how that goes.

Here are some of his antics lately, he's so funny!

He thinks this is so funny on laundry day, it's so cute!

You have to keep your cheeks from getting chapped, ya know?

The other day I slept in and he came in to make me some soup for breakfast. :)

 Lil' O's favorite times of the day are bathtime and naked time, which closely follows bathtime.

I think he might like pasta... :)

Here he is with his friend Evelyn, she says he's her favorite friend since he never hits or pushes her and he's really nice to her. She is so sweet! She and her little brother Harrison are two of our favorite friends, too!

Nana and Papa Fisher and Lindsay sent him this for Easter and he loves it! Thanks so much, he draws all the time now and I don't have to worry about it getting on everything!

 Today we went to the Strawberry Patch for playgroup and it was so fun! Even though it was muddy from the rain last night and Lil' O stepped in a puddle up to his ankles the first 5 minutes we were there, we had so much fun picking strawberries and playing with our friends. Well, some of us picked strawberries while others of us watched and ate all the strawberries being picked...

Here he is with two of our cute friends, Leah and Orson, milking the cow. He was pretty good at milking, but didn't think much of how the "udders" felt.

 Can you guess who was doing the eating?

Phew, sorry for all the long videos, I'll try to post more often so there aren't so many next time! Happy Wednesday, we're halfway through the week, woohoo!