Easter and Semester Break

We keep surprising ourselves when it comes to blog posts. I guess we've been taking a lot more videos lately (probably because things are more exciting now that the weather is warming up). Anyway, here's another montage for your enjoyment.





Our Easter was pretty non-existent, and consisted of just 8 plastic eggs filled with candy, some Cadbury eggs (Richard's only request), some Dove truffle eggs (my choice), some Capri Suns and a can of Pringles (which happened to be Ethan's favorite thing). No baskets, no bunnies, just odd things that we picked up at the store on Saturday and ate that night after dinner. We did Easter dinner with Richard's family the next day, even making them some of our famous Huckleberry ice cream though, and the easter program at church was cool.
Ethan did get some early Easter trinkets from his Grandma Z and aunt Heather. You see them in the film --the biker bunny and the light up egg wand. He really enjoyed those, in fact, he got rather possessive once he realized there were jelly beans inside the first toy as you can see. The one other thing we got Ethan for Easter was a sandbox. We just bought a large under-the-bed storage container with a lid (to keep out neighborhood cats) and filled it with sand from the nearby sand dunes. Of course, this was easier said than done --as soon as we got to the sand dunes we found ourselves in the middle of a downpour, and luckily some nice guy helped us get the full sandbox into the trunk of our car (I'm sure that when he saw a nine-month pregnant lady considering lifting something like that he couldn't help but stop). However, when we got home and Richard tried getting the thing out of the trunk, it collapsed, shattering into peices. He took the sand out, and puzzle-pieced the thing together with packing tape (we weren't about to waste the 13 dollars we spent on this thing). It actually works fine --and will probably last for a while, maybe even until we move. Ethan loves the sand, and will sit for a long time out there playing with it right in front of the big windows where I can watch him --which is why we got it in the first place. He's really enjoyed the warmer weather lately, and always wants to be outside rain or shine. My sister Heather got him the little blue galoshes and he loves the fact that he can put them on himself. He really enjoys the puddle out front, and I just love how cute he looks in them --with his pants sticking out of the top he looks like he's got little knickers on.
Another thing you'll see a lot of in the montage is Ethan knocking down towers that Richard has made. Since Richard has been between semesters and had a break from work this week, he's been getting up every morning with Ethan and this is one of their favorite things to do while I sleep in. I have a sneaking suspicion that there's so many videos of this because Richard likes to show off his amazing creations. The only "blocks" we have are Jenga pieces and Dominoes, but he comes up with some pretty impressive stuff. I think it's funny how many different ways Ethan has of knocking them down.
This week we decided to get in a lot of socializing before the baby comes, so Monday we did dinner and tennis with Richard's brother Ian and family. Thursday we did a barbecue with the Andersons --whom you may recognize from last Summer in Jackson, and then Friday we did a Pierogi dinner with Richard's sister's family, where we played some rockband, and enjoyed the backyard with their boys. It was a great week. Now we're all set to have our baby! Um... yeah. Well, at least it won't interfere with all those plans now, but there's always more I could do to prepare (I still wanted to get some peas planted this weekend, but I guess that will have to wait). Either way, we're only 4 days away from my due date! Who knows though, he could come any time. We'll keep you posted.
Speaking of keeping you posted, It looks like our final decision for Graduate School in the Fall is Boise State University! Yay, now I can see a little bit into our future! So come mid August, we will be moving to Boise. Wish us luck!