A few days ago we decided to go to the beach. We hadn't really been to the beach since we got here and now that we are heading back to NOLA in May I was thinking we should probably get to the beach at least once. So we got up early and were at the beach by 9am giving us plenty of time to play before it got super hot.









           
Chance putting his Easter bucket to good use.



And his shovel to good use.

 


Us just being silly at the beach.

Easter

Man Easter was so long ago and still I am just getting around to posting these pictures but better late than never right? Anyway, Easter was fun because this is the first year Chance had a clear understanding of what to look forward to in the morning when he woke up. Of course all the eggs were hidden and his Easter bucket (he got a beach pail and spade instead of a basket) were waiting for him to find.

The first thing in the morning I heard "wow" and knew it was time to get out of bed.  Chance and I dressed up because even if you aren't going anywhere fancy on Easter it is still a day for dressing up. Then we let him go find his Easter eggs.





He searched all around the house and with only a little Hot and Cold assistance found all the eggs by himself.





He had a good time finding eggs and investigating his Easter bucket.




Here he is wearing his mask and snorkel that he received in his bucket. Later in the day we turned his eggs into deviled eggs and had Easter dinner together. Chance ate way too much candy but then again so did we all because he is great at sharing even when it means giving up some of his candy.  He also had the perfect Easter hair this year. The red had faded out to a nice Easter pink.

Coloring Eggs

We colored eggs this year just a day before Easter so they would be fresh and ready to hide come Easter morning. Chance picked out the egg coloring set himself and he picked one with a motorcycle theme. The colors were mostly the same except there was a grey color which seemed weird until you put those plastic wrap around things on them and then they just looked really cool.


Here he is dunking an egg in a cup of color. Look at him working that tongue. He doesn't do that as much as he used to but he still gets it going when he is concentrating or thinking really hard about something.




And here is some of our finished product.