Easter and Speech

Easter Sunday the kids were up bright and early, 6 am, ready to see what the Easter bunny had hidden. Thankfully, for Aunt Jill, we were able to hold them off until 6:45am. They gathered the eggs and ate a healthy breakfast of candy, hard boiled eggs and jellied toast. Then off to church at Memaw's to celebrate have ANOTHER egg hunt and then head over to Memaw and Grandad's for Easter Supper. It was a busy day and the kids were pooped at the end of it. Joshua was particularly affected in church by all the candy and was practically vibrating from the sugar. We were able to get Mira down for a nap, thanks to daddy. Jason did homework in the spaces in between activities and was able to turn that in this morning. Evelyn was her normal, cheerful self. She enjoyed the applesauce and mashed potatoes and also had a nap in there. She liked the plastic eggs to chew on and enjoyed her new picture book.

Last night, we had Aunt Carie over for dinner. She brought the kids chick-fil-a and that was a hit. The highlight was with Evie though. Jason mentioned that he thought she was ready to start baby signs. Carie offered some suggestion on how to make it work and I made skeptical comments that Evie was likely not ready yet. But, I tried anyway and showed her the sign for more by touching the tips of my fingers together, doing it for her with her hands and then giving her a bite of food. Then next bite, I showed her the food and said, 'more?' and she did it! She brought her hands together herself. So, we played this game throughout her feeding and again at breakfast this morning. I guess she is ready :-) Smart little cookie.