Easter Weekend

I had to work on Easter so we were not able to leave town and spend the holiday with family. I didn't have to work until late Saturday so we made reservations to attend the Bunny Brunch and Egg Hunt at the Wildlife Prairie State Park. We had never been to the park but heard good things and it actually stopped raining long enough to get outside a little bit. Ally enjoyed her brunch but wasn't too interested in seeing the Easter Bunny. After the Santa Clause incident, we didn't even push. She was very interested in the duck and the real bunny they had on display for kids to look at. The weather was warming up so we took Ally along the trails to look at the animals. It was wet and muddy but we got to see some bears, bobcats, eagles, bison, a badger, a fox, wolves and play on the swings at the playground. There was quite a bit of time between the brunch and the egg hunt so when Ally started to get a little tired of being in her stroller we decided it was best to not stick around and make her run through the mud in her cute clothes for eggs with a million other kids.

On Easter Sunday, Ally came downstairs to find a basket full of goodies and a whole bunch of eggs scattered around the house. The rest of the day was pretty simple: put the eggs in the basket, dump the eggs out of the basket, repeat.... She loves the puzzle and immediately took out the pieces, told me what they were and put them back in the right spot. Genius! I had to work again most of the day so I didn't take too many photos but here are some from our morning time together. Enjoy.

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I love yummy granola bars

And talking on the phone

And color in my Dora coloring book

And dancing and clapping to Sesame Street

Ally Can Sing

Check out these great videos we took of Ally singing her favorite songs. She knows the hand motions and even some of the words. She is also watching Sesame Street while doing this so we will have to try again when she is more focused because she does a great job. Please ignore my terrible singing and focus on the adorable child!

Injury #2

After last weeks fat lip, this week she decided to add a black eye. Yesterday afternoon she was sitting on some pillows reading at school and slid off the pillows and caught the corner of her right eye on the book shelf. It just looked like a small bump and cut last night but already this morning its starting to make a pretty good black eye. Looks like I put a big stripe of purple eye shadow on just one eye! Poor girl, when did she get so clumsy? I know its part of being a kid but really- twice in one week.

Sad First

We experienced another first with Allyson yesterday: her first fat lip. I went to pick her up from day care last night and the teacher informed me that I wasn't going to like what I saw. Ally came over and I immediately noticed her big red and puffy right side of her top lip. Apparently there was an incident on the slide outside in the morning that involved her mouth and another child's head. The incident report wasn't too specific but it looked pretty cut up and swollen. They had iced it and it took her while to calm down and she kept saying "owie" and pointing to it. She was definitely a hot mess last night!

Figures that she would have an accident like this the day before picture day at school. I was hoping to use todays photos as her 18 month pictures but we may have to schedule something else for when her lip is back to normal. It did look better today and it doesn't seem to bother her as much so we will see how they turn out.