Easter is such a wonderful time of year to celebrate... Emma had a week of preparations leading up to it starting with Palm Sunday at church (she's moved up to the 2-3 yr old room so they do lessons/crafts!). It was sweet to see her waving her little palm branch around. And then talking about new life at her 'school'. Tuesday she brought home a caterpillar that she made with puff balls and a clothes pin and then Thursday she brought home a butterfly that she painted.
A good Mommy would have pictures of all of these crafts. Unfortunately, I just snapped some photos of Emma's first Easter Egg Hunt. But my goal was just to have pictures of her in her dress. :-) The Hunt went quick... we just placed eggs around the backyard for her to find. She caught on quickly and enjoyed herself. After all was done, we had to put the eggs around the house for her to find. It was just too much fun.
I see another egg!
Maybe if I squat, I'll see more...
Daddy helping direct me.
Putting eggs in my basket! (Daddy watching out for doggy grenades)
We decided to do our bluebonnet photos this year with just a solo Emma. I had been looking for the potential location for some weeks but only stumbled on it a few days before... Here's some of the shots we got....
Relaxing in the bumbo, which was brought for Austin. Notice those boots!
Ever since my sister, Meredith, and I knew we'd be having kids around the same age and that we'd both be staying home... she coined the idea of 'Cousin Camp'. A week long, do whatever time, just hanging out, letting the kids play and of course catching up ourselves. Sadly, our other nephew could not attend due to distance. But we're sure Jacob wouldn't be too thrilled with what a almost 6 month old and a 17 month old are into these days. :-)
Our first camp was in Lampasas in December. Emma was obviously very interested in Austin, but because he was still so little, he could only give her smiles.
Emma ~ 13months, Austin ~ 2 months
Holding her cousin
We held another Cousin Camp here in Dallas. At first, we had big plans for the kids... the zoo, bluebonnet pictures, lots of playing outside or going to the park. Two out of three isn't so bad... We missed out on the zoo, but next time Austin will be older and much more interested anyways. This camp was great, because Austin was really gabbing back to Emma and adored her loving.
Cousin Cart
Out of nowhere, we find out that Emma is quite the comic in the 6-8month old comedy scene. We've never heard Austin with such belly laughs before!
Austin and family are moving to Kansas in June so the next official Cousin Camp might not be until October. Of course, Emma has her other six (will be 7 in August) cousins in DFW to play with. We are so blessed to have so many family members live within a relatively close distance.
