The Roses

Monday, April 25, 2011

Easter Part 2

I'm not sure if you know this or not, but I LOVE holidays. Especially holidays spent at my moms. She has instilled in me the love to celebrate...and celebrate we did!

We started off the weekend dying some Easter eggs. Newspaper covered the table awaiting the immanent spills. Excited faces and impatient hands waited while the dye was made...

Favorite colors were picked and placed just close enough to reach but not close enough to handle...

happy chatter and talks of "The best egg ever!" were discussed in chipmunk voices

memories were happening in the kitchen while moms chatted near by...

and protests of "I do it! I do it!" were yelled across the house...

all resulting in one, not so little baby covered in dye,but oh so proud of herself...

The next morning came full of love for cousins...and love for singing cows...

cookies were made and frosted with care...

while the Famous Money Egg Hunt was just around the corner...

Babies were tucked away safely inside, so the the adults could duke it out for the title of Biggest Money Egg Winner!

then grandma busted out all the stops while babies patiently waited for Easter Christmas to begin!

The day ended as bubbles were blown with as much enthusiasm as little lungs could blow...

Easter Morning came and spirits were high. Babies were dressed to the nines to head to church to show off new Easter dresses...

When daddy arrived the hunt for the easter basket began...

resulting in one Minnie lovin' little girl getting everything she could ever need!

with a quick change of clothes, the babies headed outside for their not so competitive or deadly Money Egg Hunt...

the day ended on a high...not only from sugar but from lots of memories made and more love than one family knows what to do with!

Easter Part 1

We started our Easter Extravaganza up at the cabin. Grandma threw the kids a wonderful Easter egg hunt. This is Eden's 1st official Egg Hunt...and she was ALL over it!

It took her a minute to get the hang of it, but once she did...she was off to the races!

After her goodie bag was FULL she sat down and examined her find.

After we stuffed ourselves full of candy and food. We just relaxed and enjoyed being in the mountains. We love it up there and are always anxious to get back!

Monday, April 18, 2011

Today something happened that rarely does in our family. We had a family outing, which isn't unusual, but this time dad came (which IS unusual) and it was grand! We bundled up to face the rain and headed to Discovery at Gateway.

Today I watched my shy little girl do things that made a proud mamma's heart beam.

Like when she played at the water area and stood up for herself when other kids tried to grab the toy she was playing with out of her hand. She yelled and held that toy tightly and showed them who's the boss. I sat only a few feet away just glowing with pride. Usually what happens is that a kid will steal her toy and she'll let them and then come to me crying because she is minus the toy she was playing with...well, not today my friends...not today.

Then not two seconds later, Daddy had to tell her to stop splashing which lead to this....

She's under the impression that if she avoids eye contact long enough she won't have to face the stern face daddy is currently giving her to let her know just how serious he is...this also made my heart beam. I can see her mind turning...she sneaks to a peak to see if dad is still looking and when she sees that he is...she quickly looks down for a few more minutes, just waiting for it to pass. Well, it doesn't, but I can't help but laugh at how hard she tried to avoid it.

I just loved watching her play with the toys while skillfully avoiding interacting with other kids as much as possible but still having herself a right nice time.

Now, don't get me wrong. I want my little girl to be social and have lots of friends but usually big crowds like this make her REAL nervous and she usually won't leave my side. To see her explore on her own and enjoy playing with toys made me so proud, but of course those burst of independence were occasionally interrupted by her coming and grabbing my hand so that I can escort her to her new location...baby steps...we are taking baby steps.

At the grocery store I watched as she carefully walked around the store trying to decide exactly what to put in her cart. I get the impression she's seen mom do this WAY too many times...

I was proud when I saw her taking turns and sharing, which is something that is hard to come by these days, but when they do, I make sure I tell her how proud I am of her and that she's being such a good girl!

I love watching my little girl grow before my eyes. I'm so excited to see her try new things and do things she normally wouldn't have done just a few short months ago. She's getting so big and I must say...I am one lucky mamma to be able to have this little girl. She's my everything and I can't think of anything I'd rather do than spend the day watching her explore and discovery and push herself to do things I wasn't quite sure she was ready to, but I'm sure glad she tries!!

Sunday, April 17, 2011

Mr. Henry J

On Saturday we went to Mr. Henry J's big monster bash. My little Eden is shy when it comes to crowds and people she doesn't know. There was a bounce house and Eden wasn't sure how she felt about it...couldn't decide if she wanted to jump or not. It involved crawling through a small hole which meant leaving mamma behind...

Through out the day she would inch closer to the bounce house but then find her way back to me. I would ask her if she wanted to jump and she'd say "Ya...NO!" There were a few failed attempts...

but in the end she decided it was fun....REAL fun

Look at my big girl go!

Eden LOVES Henry. She kept tabs on him all through out the day. She wanted to make sure she could see him at all times....I don't know where she gets it (wink wink)....is it because I am always keeping tabs on her? Maybe. I think it's the mamma within her.