last weekend was easter weekend and we couldn't have asked for better weather. both saturday and sunday were sunny and gorgeous and really nice days. my mom had let me know earlier in the week that delmont's easter egg hunt was on the saturday before easter, so we decided to take erik out for it. it was kind of interesting/fun going there because it is the same easter egg hunt that i used to go to when i was a child at newhouse park. the park was almost exactly as i remembered it ... with a great playground that i loved as a child and that erik had fun on before the hunt was afoot. it also brought back memories of when i played softball in high school too because it was our home field.
here are erik and peter going down the old school slide:
a few more of erik playing before the easter egg hunt:
then we all lined up for the hunt and i insisted we be photographed with the bunny ears on:
i love this picture of erik and his granny!
erik did really well with the hunt which was actually more of a scramble. i was pleasantly surprised that all of the kids/parents were very well behaved and there was no pushing or fighting when it came time to grab the eggs. erik understood that he needed to grab the eggs and put them in his basket (although he got a little distracted about halfway through and started inspecting his eggs). i think he had fun with it, and i was really proud of how he did at his first easter egg hunt!
erik posed with the easter bunny (unfortunately i cut off his ears):
and a family picture taken by granny:
after the easter egg hunt we went to may favorite restaurant in the world, cozumel. we had some awesome mexican food but my favorite waiter who makes chicken noises at me (and has since i was in high school) was not there. i hope he still works there so i can see him and have him make chicken noises at erik someday! on the way back to my mom's house we stopped by gene & boots (who make my favorite chocolate in the world!) to get easter candy. i couldn't resist taking some pictures of the giant chocolate bunnies and other candy. (i am drooling just looking at these bunnies. sadly i finished the last of mine today.)
when we dropped my mom off at her house, i saw her neighbor's beautiful weeping cherry tree and snuck over to take pictures of the white blossoms against the deep blue sky. i think i was caught in the act since they came out their front door as i was standing there next to their tree, but i don't think they really minded.
when we got back home, peter and erik were pooped and crashed out on the couch for awhile, but i wanted to take advantage of the nice weather so i took a walk around the neighborhood in search of pretty things to take pictures of. i took both my digital rebel with my new macro lens and my new powershot sd790. this was my first time using the macro lens, and i had a bit of trouble because it was very breezy so it was difficult to get and maintain a nice sharp focus. i did get a few nice shots though.
this is my favorite. i like the nice soft bokeh:
i trespassed again to take some pictures of a lovely magnolia tree:
here's a macro of a magnolia center, both beautiful and weird, taken with my "little" camera. these make me miss our old house with our gorgeous magnolia tree.
i went home and talked peter and erik into walking down to the little playground down the road.
then we went home and dyed easter eggs. i had so much fun with it!
and a beautiful sunset on a lovely day:
i had a lot of fun assembling erik's easter basket:
and on easter morning erik had fun disassembling it:
while my guys hung out and napped, i went to the lab for awhile and when i got home, my mom came over for an easter dinner of pot roast. i cut some daffodils for a bouquet for the table and it was very pretty.
we had a simple and yummy dinner, and afterward we all went to the playground and had fun watching erik play. it was a really great easter weekend and so nice spending the time with my wonderful family.
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