Easter 2009

Last weekend we celebrated Easter with a neighborhood Easter Festival held at the park near our house. The weather didn't cooperate very well, so it was a soggy egg hunt, but I can hardly recall a sunny Seattle Easter so I guess it's to be expected. The egg hunt was divided by age group and Hayden was in the birth to Pre-Kindergarden age. The grass was covered in colorful eggs, and the minute the countdown hit 1, the frenzy began! Must have been a couple hundred people!



I was surprised that Hayden caught on to the concept of picking up the eggs and putting them into the basket pretty quickly. Enough to get 6 eggs! Which is remarkable, considering the whole hunt lasted about 2 minutes.


Some were filled with stickers, others with candy. Yes, I did let Hayden eat candy! Just not the bubble gum.


My nephew Jude got the Golden Egg -- redeemable for a special prize, a stuffed Easter Bunny!


There was also an Easter Bunny photo area, which Hayden wasn't super thrilled about.


He loved bouncing on the OUTSIDE of the bouncy house, but when he went inside he froze and whined for "MOMMY!!"


The carnival games were better for the older kids, although Hayden did like throwing the bowling ball at the bunny pins. And even more, he enjoyed the super bouncy ball reward he got for knocking down 2 pins!


He also enjoyed petting the animals. There were ducks, bunnies, goats, chickens, and a miniature donkey. The donkey was noisy so Hayden got to hear a real donkey noise and now makes good "HEE-HAW" sounds when you ask him what the donkey says.




On Sunday, Hayden and I stayed home from church because Hayden's cough and cold seemed to be getting worse. After he took a good nap, we went over to Grandma Doris and Grandpa Jim's house for a delicious Easter Dinner with the whole Lott family. We were all commenting at how their house is starting to feel kind of crowded with all these grandkids (4 grandsons), and 2 grand-daughters on the way!

The rest of this week has been pretty tough. Hayden's cold progressed into an ear infection and I can't help but worry that all the time in the soggy weather wasn't the best for him. On Wednesday night, he was awake crying on and off from 12:30am - 4:30am. I brought him in our room, but with him tossing and moaning, I don't think either of us got much sleep at all (Phil even slept on the couch). I took him to the doctor on Thursday and she confirmed he has his first ear infection. He started antibiotics and already seems to be doing better. Still not much of an appetite, but he's sleeping better and not quite as crabby as earlier this week. Praying for a quick recovery, and that the tickle Phil and I are starting to feel in our throats doesn't progress into colds for us, too.