What a fun Easter Weekend we had! Saturday Grandpa Ron came over. We went to the Stonelake Egg Hunt where they had tons of eggs hidden all over the lawn. When Tyler got there, I had no doubt he would end up with a basket full but after spending 10 minutes standing around and taking apart the two eggs he had, his little basket was looking bare and there were no more eggs to be found. The older kids were taking eggs right out from under Tyler. He didn't care, but it bugged me. We had a nice time making new friends, there sure are a lot of little kids who live in our neighborhood. There were at least 50 young children there. After the hunt we ate a picnic lunch. Tyler spotted Hailee from daycare and as he was walking toward her to say hi, she came running up to him and embraced him tightly with a huge hug. Hailee was in his class until she turned two a couple months ago. She was really glad to see him and showered him with kisses. Like a typical guy, he pretty much ignored the fact that a cute blond girl was so interested in him. In fact, he was more interested in the sign hanging from an easel that said Happy Easter and had a picture of a big duck on it. He pulled the sign off and tried walking away with it but Daddy didn't let him get too far. Later Saturday night, Grandpa Ron fed Tyler dinner and babysat him while Mommy & Daddy went to the Kings game.

On Easter Sunday, we went to Grandma and Grandpa Roberts' house. It was Aunt Kristin's birthday so there were balloons, presents and cake. We had an Easter egg hunt with Cousins Andrew and Steven. Tyler hasn't spent much time walking on hills since Elk Grove is so flat, and he fell on Grandma's grass a lot. But he just kept getting back up and forging ahead, learning to lean into the hills and keep his momentum going forward. Grandma noticed how he likes to traverse instead of taking an incline straight on. Very insightful. We went on a walk down the lane with Tyler and Andrew in the wagon and saw some sheep! What a fun-filled day this was.

Grandma's house brings out the quiet side of Tyler. On the drive up, we practiced saying Grandma and Grandpa and he was doing great. When we got there, he became very tight lipped. He prefers to sit back and observe the action before he jumps into it. So we let him do things at his own pace, but he remained pretty quiet the entire time he was at Grandma's. He wouldn't tell us what a cow said even though we asked several times. But he did say 'quack quack quack' when we asked about ducks. But, these quacks were at half his usual sound level. Towards the end of the night, he did say Grandpa a few times but we couldn't get a Grandma out of him. Until we got in the car and drove away. Then his normal voice returned and he chatted all about Grandma and Grandpa and cows and ducks. Silly boy.