It was a long week for Emma, getting used to being at Sarah's all day every day, while Mommy went back into the office full time. But she did great, and somehow Sarah even managed to get her to nap every single day -- I'm jealous! Now, after a nice weekend spent together as a family, we prepare to do it all over again...
She watches the show on Nick often, and Grandma H was nice enough to buy her an Olivia book over the weekend. In the book, Olivia tries brussel sprouts. While we were reading it, Emma said, "I've never had brussel sprouts before. I don't know if I like them." I told her we could try them for dinner sometime soon. Then, there is a part where Olivia and her brother slurp their spaghetti & meatballs, where Emma said, "I don't know how to slurp noodles, Mom." So I told her one night this week we would have an "Olivia dinner" with brussel sprouts and spaghetti & meatballs. She was so excited! I was so proud of her for wanting to try something new, that I decided not to tell her that her parents both hate brussel sprouts. I figured I'd let her make up her mind for herself.
Well, it's Sunday night, and we are all sufficiently stuffed, sugared-out, and exhausted. As promised, we have plenty of pictures to share from the weekend's events.
Then it was time for a little hopscotch, her new favorite outdoor activity. 
Emma was very proud of her haul!
We woke up this morning and searched the house to see if the Easter Bunny had hidden our baskets with goodies inside. Emma's keen eye found both her basket and Mommy & Daddy's basket right away, and she was so excited about the fun stuff the Easter Bunny brought her! 
After a search through the baskets, a quick breakfast, and the inevitable pieces of pre-church Easter chocolate, we piled in the car and went to church. She was very proud to show off her pretty dress and brand new sandals (a little warning: do NOT call them shoes or you will be corrected!).
In the afternoon, we had Grandma H, Great Grandma G, Aunt Laura, and Cooper's family over for Easter dinner. Cooper & Emma were happy to bypass their veggies in order to save room for the frosting-loaded cookie creations Grandpa H had picked out especially for them. They definitely enjoyed them, but what a mess! What you can't see in these pictures are the gooey blue hands that had us all yelling, "Wait! Don't touch anything until I wipe you off!" as the kids ran off to play. If you had been able to join us, we would have made sure the kids gave you a big blue frosting hug, Grandpa!
The rest of us enjoyed Grandma H's legendary bunny cake, but he was demolished before we could snap a picture -- a testament to how tasty it was.
And with that, another Easter is in the books. I think we've all had enough sugar to last us until Halloween. Ugh...
Emma picked up lots of eggs with her teammate, Grandma K. She also got to hang with Cousin Alex and the big bunny himself. She looks thrilled about being near the Easter Bunny, doesn't she?
Today, Miss Sarah had an egg hunt for the kids. Emma was very excited to find an egg shaped like Dora -- the ultimate treasure! She was very proud of the bag she made to hold her eggs. You can't tell from this picture, but she brought home quite a haul!
Something tells me she might need help finishing all of that candy. And something also tells me Mommy & Daddy just might be willing to help out.
This afternoon, we did our annual attempt at egg dyeing. Emma didn't get to do alot of hands-on helping, since Mommy is too paranoid to let her near 5 cups of permanent staining dye, but she did get to oversee the operation. 
She is very excited about the end result, but not so excited about the idea of us breaking them and eating them. Hopefully she won't put 2 and 2 together when we start eating a bunch of egg salad sandwiches this week!
Time for a silly face!
Lots of Easter festivities this weekend, and hopefully lots of pictures to follow. Happy Easter to all!
