Hooray for warmer weather! Despite some runny noses, things are going pretty smoothly around here during this second week of “real life” after having Mike home for such a wonderful month. We had some great visits last week with some very special people. That’s one huge benefit of welcoming a new member of the family — lots of time with folks we don’t get to see enough! Declan continues to amaze us with his exploding abilities, which we keep discovering by his constant insistence “I do it!” such as cracking eggs without getting any shell (really). When he finds he can’t do it, he says, “I started it for you.” And Quinlan, well, she still sleeps and eats a lot. She is not enjoying her congested nose very much, but she should be over that soon.
Today, Declan said something that cracked me up and I couldn’t stop laughing – we were eating lunch and watching the birds at the feeder through the window. He pointed one out that was hopping up a tree. I told him it was a downy woodpecker. Then we saw another one, and he asked if that one was an “uppy” woodpecker. Now it’s a big joke, downy and “uppy” woodpeckers. It’s fun to see the connections he makes with his growing language skills.
This week, our focus is on Easter. Each day, mommy and Declan are doing Easter related activities – reading Easter books, learning about Easter symbols, dyeing eggs, decorating wax candle eggs, shaping marzipan eggs, and making hot cross buns.
Hope everyone has a happy Easter – look forward to sharing pix of the day in the next blog update.
Kisses from “Ama” Suzanne during her awesome surprise visit all the way from Ithaca!
Hugs from Mrs. Mellor, cozied up in the beautiful baby blanket she made!
An aerial view of what Quinlan looks like most of the time right now – asleep in her carrier.
I was so surprised and impressed by Declan’s previously-unknown (to Erica, anyway) ability to crack eggs without getting any shell in the bowl, that I had to capture the moment.
Our friend Aunt Heather gave Declan this t-shirt for his second birthday, and she’s one of the coolest friends we have. Now our son is too cool for us – he’s just going to have to spend more time with Heather, I guess! They are way out of our league. This was not staged – he did the hat that way himself and when I saw it, I quickly snapped a picture.
During a recent walk down our street, one of our neighbors offered this tricycle to Declan, since their nieces and nephews had all outgrown it. Needless to say, Declan *loves* it and can’t wait until he’s just a little bigger to be able to ride it better.
Storytime with Daddy.
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