Easter Egg Hunts!

Easter is coming and I was in the spirit this year!

I made these little Easter basket treats

Max had another follow up Dr. visit for his ear infections.  It was a successful visit!  No more ear infections!

Max getting musical at Brittany's

We played outside while Joe's dad and sister let the Easter Bunny in to hide some eggs.

Max was being quite silly.

Once he found one egg, Max was only concerned with what was inside that egg.  He didn't want to keep looking for more eggs.

He loved what he found inside the egg. 

It was so nice of Joe's family to involve Max in this early Easter Egg hunt!  They really embraced him while they were here like one of their own.

The neighborhood view - still a work in progress.

On March 30th we went to a neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt.  I found 3 Easter baskets for Max that I liked.  1 for Easter day for the Easter Bunny to fill up and then the other baskets were for the outside egg hunt but I couldn't decide which one I liked more so I got both of them.  Max wanted to bring them both to the hunt.

Max and his 2 baskets.

Playing.  There was a big turnout from the neighborhood!

Picking up his first egg.  Of course he had to stop and open it up before doing anything else. (He ended up using the pirate basket and we shared the other basket with another child.  It was perfect.)

He eventually stopped trying to open each egg and instead started looking for eggs.

Found one!

Daddy was a great helper so Momma could take pictures.

Enjoying pizza at the party.

He was happy about his eggs. 

Dallas Blooms at the Arboretum

I took Max to the Dallas Arboretum to enjoy the gorgeous spring flowers.  This is one of my most very favorite activities in Dallas.  I think everyone should come visit us during the spring so they can experience it too!

Someone offered to take a picture of the two of us - thank you kind stranger!

YIKES!!! I snapped this pic right as Max tripped and fell.  While it was happened I had this awful flashback to the last time we were at the arboretum and thought, "Oh no!  Not again!  We have only been here for a few minutes and now we are going to have to leave because he's gotten hurt.  Luckily, he picked himself right back up and was okay.

Max's chariot for the day.  He wasn't interested in staying in it.

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Being silly.  He kept walking from the sidewalk to this rock and then putting his hands behind him.

He enjoyed emptying the diaper bag quite a few times.

I tried to put the lady bug on Max but he wanted NOTHING to do with that.  He shook it off him each time.

He was fine looking at it as long as it was on Momma.

Snack time - raisins!

I pointed out this flower and tried to get him to smell it.  Instead, while I was taking the picture, he pulled off a petal.  :(  Sorry flower!  I learned my lesson.

Seems like the perfect form for a running back, right?  He's got that apple safely tucked!

It was a really fun afternoon and I enjoyed the Momma/Max time.

I cooked again!!  The perfect end to a great day - Chicken and asparagus cooked on the grill with diced tomatoes on top of pasta.  I really enjoy this dish and it's perfectly topped with olive oil we brought back from Italy and balsamic vinegar made in Italy.  I think I need to go back to Italy!