Happy Easter!

A little silliness...Too much wind... A LOT of energy...
A smidgen of obstinance... A dash of goofiness...The combination of all of the above results in a not-very-traditional Easter photo but a very realistic and typical glimpse into life with a two-year-old. Enjoy.

Happy Easter!

I live with a two-year-old egg hunting champion. At a local Easter egg hunt, Colter raced around other kids and filled his basket in record time. He was amazing. :) I think I should call a talent agent. I must admit; however, Colter was one of the older toddlers in his age division and as you can see from the picture below, the eggs were not exactly hard to find. There were plastic eggs everywhere! It was kind of a chilly morning, so I guess less kids than expected showed up for the hunt, because there were a ton of eggs. Every child was able to find plenty of eggs (although, I don't think anyone could have found as many as Colter the egg hunting champion!), and the hunt provided fifteen minutes of fun!



Colter and his bud, Soren, waited very patiently for the hunt. I only had to chase Colter out of the eggs twice. Well, maybe three times.

Daddy was a good basket holder.
As you can tell, Colter got the hang of egg-hunting real quickly!There were over fifty plastic eggs in his basket!
Each egg had a piece of candy or a plastic toy inside. I don't know how long it took the Optimist's club to fill all those eggs! Unfortunately (or fortunately depending on how you look at it), there were only a few pieces of candy that were appropriate for toddlers. That was okay though, because Grandma Jean, Nana, and Poppy made sure Colter had enough Easter candy to last until next Easter. Unless Mommy ate it all....After the egg hunt at the park, we went to another one at a local church. Colter got to listen to a story about Jesus, and then he was off to find more eggs!
Fun times!

The next day, the Easter bunny came by and and left Colter a few books, a bunny, and some candy.

Of course, Colter was most impressed by the candy. :)

After Much Anticipation...Easter Pictures!

I know you are anxiously awaiting the moment when I will finally get around to posting Colter's Easter pictures. I don't want anyone to get too impatient and form an angry mob demanding to see cute baby photos, so here they are! The moment has arrived!

Colter's First Easter

As you can tell, Colter liked Easter! Except for his meltdown in the church nursery that is, but he does that every time I leave him there.

He loves plastic eggs! He took his cousins' eggs that were filled with coins and candy and shook them to make them jingle. Future famous maraca player perhaps? He loved shaking them so much that there are seven scattered around on our living room floor, so he can shake away. They're filled with Cheerios though, so I don't have to worry about him eating a penny or choking on a jelly bean. My sister ate a penny when she was a toddler. I won't describe what we had to do to make sure it didn't get stuck somewhere. Eww.

Here's Colter with his Easter basket. I LOVE this hat!

I love his hat, Colter loves chewing on things.

Easter is fun, Mom,

but why did you stick me in a flowerpot?

My mom, the Photoshop guru, fixed some of these photos for me to make them all professional looking. Aren't they fabulous? One of the next things to do on my list is become a Photoshop expert like her, but before I do that, I have lots of homework to do!

CONFESSION: I'm doing a Beth Moore Bible study called Jesus the One and Only (which I love, by the way--If you've never done a Beth Moore Bible study before you should try it), and I haven't done my homework! Each week, the study has five lessons that take 25 minutes or so, and I haven't done mine! Bible Study is tomorrow, and I have three more lessons to go! Oops!