Easter (late celebration)

We celebrated Easter a little late this year because we were in Cancun on the actual holiday.  We had Easter breakfast at home with the entire family (Daddy, Mommy, Grayson, Oma, Julia and Ethan) and hung out during the day.  The Easter bunny brought Grayson a LeapFrog LeadPad 2, candy, books, cars, planes and ABC flashcards.  Oma gave him a cute Easter bunny bag of goodies that included books, coloring books, crayons, candy, LeapFrog Reader with books, duck body puff and a bubble dispenser with bubbles.  Julia and Ethan both got candy, gift cards and money from the Easter bunny and Grandma.  That night we all went to dinner at Big Bowl that ended with a delicious chocolate cake.  

  We did an Easter egg hunt and colored eggs on April 20th.   It was a little messy, but Grayson loved it.  He also loved the Easter egg hunt, especially since he reads about it in his book, Llama Llama Easter Egg.  He had a blast looking for eggs and kept asking for more.  The eggs were filled with chocolate kisses and jelly belly jelly beans, but the chocolate kisses were definitely his favorite.    

Grayson ~ 19 Months

~ 19 Months ~

 

Grayson is 19 months old.  Wow!  Only 4 months until he is 2.  He is wearing size 24 month clothes, but his 24 month shorts are too big.  His newest obsessions are helping me with the laundry, playing with water in the sink, helping me cook, throwing sticks and stones down the water drain at the park and going down the big slides.  He has started playing by himself a little more, which is so nice especially with his new brother coming soon.  When you ask him what is inside mommy's belly he says BABY!  It's so cute, but I know he doesn't understand what that really means.  We know he is going to be such a great big brother.  Hopefully he will adjust well and love his new little brother.  

New Activities...

Lil Kickers ~ He started soccer with his BFF Gabe and they love it.  His favorite part is that he gets to see Gabe.  It is so sweet.  The practice is a little chaotic as Grayson likes to run around and does not always listen very well.  They do activities like red light green light, build towers with cones and dribble the soccer ball.  I'm so excited he is playing soccer and hopefully he will love it as much I as did.  I have always wanted to be a soccer momma. :)

Big slides ~ Grayson loves going down the big slides at the park.  He could spend all day there.  I was a little nervous at first, but he wasn't at all and did great.

Little Beans Cafe ~ We love coming here because they combine food with playtime.  They have so much for little kids to play with from old fashioned cash registers to fire trucks with hoses.  We met our Bubbles friend Lauren and her son Devin and they were all over the place.  There is so much for them to do and see.

Logan's 1st Birthday ~ We went to Logan's 1st birthday party which was a football jersey theme.  Grayson wore his Bears jersey and looked so cute!  He had fun running around with all the kids.  We wished we lived closer to Christine (Tine as we call her - my college best friend) and her adorable kids Casey and Logan.

His new words...

messy, stop, ewww, dizzy, come on, why (only repeated it, has not started asking "why"), boo boo, heavy, more ice, more popcorn (more of whatever he wants), thank you, slippery, sleepy, stop, help you (uses this to ask you to help him), this, soccer ball, football, baseball and basketball

He has started to form sentences such as "more popcorn please" and "come on, Daddy".