Grandma Chris came to spend the week before Easter with us in New Hampshire. It was a busy week despite miserably cold and dreary weather every day. On the weekend we went out to the hibachi grill in Lebanon again (Aiden's absolute favorite restaurant at the moment... how can you not love flaming volcanoes made of onion slices?) and were all readyto brew our second beer... until we decided to take just a "wee moment" to install a new storm door. Eight hours, several stripped screws, and much cursing later... the door was a thing of beauty but there was barely time left in the weekend to even enjoy a beer, let alone make one.
Grandma watched Aiden and Haley (on alternate days, so she could devote her whole attention to one grandchild at a time) all week long while Andy and I were at work. She and Haley went for walks in the stroller (despite the cold) and played on the floor (at 9 months now Haley is crawling all over and getting into everything she shouldn't so you can't leave her alone for more than two seconds). On Aiden's days with Grandma, they launched jump rockets on the driveway, baked cookies, watched Star Wars movies, played legos, and read lots of books. Both kids and Grandma enjoyed their special days together.
On Thursday night we got together with some friends to have pizza and color 5 dozen hard-boiled easter eggs. I prudently invested in a plastic-lined tablecloth, and the kids made short work of the egg decorating... gloriously spilling egg dye, splattering glitter paint, and spotting easter stickers everywhere while somehow getting more color on their fingers than the eggs. No matter about the mess; it cleaned right up and the eggs were perfect. Just as they should be for three and four year olds! The kiddos headed downstairs to watch Finding Nemo while we all got to relax for a few moments in the living room and kitchen. It looks like deviled eggs will be a major component of all our Easter tables.
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