Easter 2008

The weekend started out with a guest--Abby came to stay while her parents saw the MN orchestra perform Led Zeppelin. When we told Grant she was going to sleep in his crib he said "with me?"

Grant was a little embarrassed that his parents make him watch DVD's on a laptop... Abby was very polite and didn't tease him.

Our first order of business once we arrived in Rochester, was to visit Great Grandma Bowman! We brought her an easter basket; Grant continuously prompted her with "want to open it?" We had very nice visit and hope to make it back soon.

Next we got to Adam, Sarah and Owen's house. Owen is 10 months old and adorable! Grant liked touching his head and ears for some reason...

The happy family. Once we ditched the kids (thanks to grandparents!), we got out for a fun dinner at Newt's in downtown Rochester. To our surprise, Tyler, Michael and some of their friends were seated at the table next to us!

We had a very nice Easter brunch at a beautiful country club in Byron. It was so fun to see all the little kids dressed up. (Grant wore his Easter sweater, but we figured he might be a little chilly in the matching shorts...)

Apparently the Easter bunny falls in the same category as Chuck E Cheese--NOT cool. He's OK to admire from a distance, but in this close of proximity Grant clings to me. In order to get this picture I had to stand with my back to the bunny.

Here we all are looking ready for spring!

Once we got home we had to look through the goods again.

It is very hard to get Grant to actually look at the camera and smile purposefully. However, we discovered today that is possible if you make the camera TALK. Actually, we can get Grant to do just about anything if we make inanimate objects talk to him. It all started when he refused to let me put on his diaper cream. In desperation I held it up, wiggled it, and said "please let me make your butt feel better Grant." Well now "special cream" is his best friend. He asks "him" questions like "what you doing special cream?" and "where you come from special cream?" For a while I felt pretty silly, but this weekend Ben and Mavis were making things come alive left and right...so I guess it's OK. Mavis had the brilliant suggestion of making the potty talk--I'll keep you posted!

Here is a look of pure enjoyment. (definitely my son)

We hope you all had a wonderful weekend as well. We wished we could have been with all the family. Grant and I fly out to AZ this Tuesday morning and then we'll head to Mexico on Friday. We return the 5th. I'm sure we'll have lots and lots of pictures to post when we get back!