The day before Easter this year, we had two Easter Egg Hunts. The first one was at our ward building and it ended up being inside because of the weather. The hunt was pretty easy for the younger kids since they were just dumped mostly on the floor, but Brinton still loved it. He filled up his bucket and then opened all the eggs to see what was inside. Luckily, he got two dollars and we used that to get him some stretchy rubber snakes a few days later.Brinton ended up spilling his bucket of eggs and then didn't want to clean it up. Instead, he thought he should just eat the candies one at a time. Of course Zander wasn't much into the egg hunting that morning, but he was happy as a clam anyhow. I had to throw in a few random pictures of him from that day and I was glad to get one of him loving "Frowzy." Zander has always adored all animals. He gets so excited and even laughs out loud when he sees a cat or dog up close.After the ward hunt, we had the annual Easter Egg Hunt at Grandpa and Nana Bishop's house. The dads always help hide the eggs just before everyone can go out, which means the kids have to wait in the house for a little bit with the blinds closed. Brinton was not happy that his dad got to go outside and he couldn't " go uh-side wit Dad," but his spirits brightened up a bit when he learned how to peek outside through the blinds with a cousin.Steve helped Zander find his eggs which, by the way, are one of his favorite toys these days. Brinton had the egg hunting down all by himself at this point. Once the kids find the right amount of plastic eggs and the one real egg that has their name on it, they go to Grandpa and Nana to pick a prize. The grandparents have a basket full of tons of fun things so it can be hard to pick. Brinton wanted to choose some Dora the Explorer thing, so I persuaded him to get something he would like better (ha ha, I'm so mean). It was a bunny catch game with velcro mitts and a stuffed bunny. Zander got a cute rattle/teether.We had so much fun being with some of the people we love most. I ate both of the boys' hard boiled eggs and we all shared the candy. It's great having kids so I can have the goodies, too :)

Last week, Zander was sick for a day. The poor little thing was just throwing up and dry heaving. It is so sad to me when these helpless kids have to deal with all that crap. Anyway, in the morning, he was crawling behind me toward my room and fell asleep right in the hallway. He was snuggling a pile of random mess that I needed to take care of, how sad. I had to take some pictures of him and Brinton thought that was fun.About an hour later, Brinton layed down and positioned himself as identical as he could to how Zander was. Then, he said, "Mom, take a pi-ture . . . Binton a hleeping." I had to get the camera and take a couple pictures of him pretending to be asleep and then he had to see what he looked like. What a little copy cat!

Zander has been scooting around for quite some time now.A couple of weeks ago, he started pulling up and standing next to pretty much everything. He's getting really good at it now and can move along furniture and even move from one couch to another. He totally loves his mobility and I am trying to keep my floor at least a little cleaner because he also loves to taste test everything.

This morning, Brinton came to me and pointed to his cheek and said, "Mommy, my poopy cheek." I asked him if he was trying to tell me his cheek is poopy and he said, "Yes, a cheek is poopy." WHAT DOES THAT MEAN? Either he's starting the bathroom jokes on his own a little early or we have some problems. Don't worry, he didn't eat poo or anything. What nonsense :)