Happy Easter!

Easter blessings & prayers to our friends and family!

Thomas had an exciting morning. We went to the massive egg hunt at a large, local church (Valley Christian Center) and he had a blast. Here are some pics. He got his first ever ride on a donkey and he was a pro. he held on tight the entire time and was repeating "donkey, donkey" softly as he rode. very cute!

also of course, the egg hunt. 80,000+ eggs split over 4 egg hunts, capped at 500 per hunt. amazingly, 20,000 plastic eggs don't go very far when you have 500 excited kids. they were all picked up in around 10 minutes!

he also go a pic with their big dog mascot. he wasn't completely thrilled (as you can see), but as soon as he saw a bigger kid jump in for a pic, he wanted to go back for another picture. funny little guy.

------------------music in da house-----------------------------

like many kids, thomas loves music, so there's lots of it in the house. we listen to it, dance and play/sing it every day. thomas has become quite the showman - he puts his little beads and Mr. Potato glasses on and just boogies around. sometimes he will go grab something to use as a stage(like a stool or chair). total ham!

more random fun

thomas loves loves swinging from anything. look how little he looks squatting in this toy bin. even if i hold him in a bed sheet and swing him, he loves it.

--------------------------time's flying on by-----------------------------------

looking through some old pics and WOW. william and i have aged in the last 9 years. these were taken in 1999 when we first moved into the house. double wow... we look really young! i mean, 9 years IS almost a decade, but still, you don't think of it as that dramatic until you see what you looked like when you were 29 (i think that was my first non-clunky cellphone i was showing off there). and that was scsi as a tender teen of 9 months. plus i think thomas has aged me 5 years in the last two.

william looks even funnier b/c he was trying to be kooky in this pic. he looks like a kid! and look at that bush on his head... man hubby you need a haircut and a shave. :)

toe jam and favorite foods

his newest preoccupation - picking the toe jam out from between his toes. if you think about it, it is actually great practice for hand eye coordination... he has to use both hands to keep his toes pried open, use his index finger to scrap fuzz out, and move from toe to toe, while using his other leg as balance to make sure he doesn't tip over. :)



-------------------YUMM-------------------------

here are some of his favorite foods right now: peas, carrots, meatballs, "ABC" and "O" noodles from Trader Joe's. He also likes mini snack pizzas (in the frozen TJ's section), waffles, TJ's veggies fries, grapes, apples, cutie oranges, sucking on lemon slices, and of course, he still likes any "o" shaped cereal. He likes cereal as a snack so that makes it easy to be healthy - Chex, Fruit Cheerios, kix, and granola. We also started letting him have ritz, fish crackers & jello (occasional treat) when he turned 2.
He knows salty is yummy so when we eat out, he will scarf down most stuff that is easy to chew and salty, mac&cheese, chicken fingers, fries... ooohhh fries. he asks for french fries by name now. funny kids. how do they know! it seems they all love fries.


I found out that he thinks any food with pudding like consistency is for babies. last week, i tried to give him some yogurt, he took a TINY TEENY taste, then said "no." i asked him to try it again and he quickly took the spoon i offered and tried to feed it to his elmo doll. then he said "ba-beee." ha ha... i just mix the yogurt in with his milk. at least he doesn't mind drinking it!