So this wasn’t Madelyn’s first official Easter, but this was
her first Easter where she could actually hunt for Easter eggs!
Her school had an egg hunt, so we brought in eggs and a basket and all
the young toddlers got to hunt for the eggs on their little playground.
She immediately ran out and went right to them. It was so
awesome to see her in action. She would pick them up and then hold
them up in the air with excitement. Mommy and daddy’s big
girl! Then the fun wore off real quick for the youngsters and all
they wanted to do was play with each other’s baskets. Needless to
say, the mickey mouse basket was a huge hit with the
kids. On Easter Sunday, our little family went to breakfast that
morning and then came home and did a little hunt in our yard at the
house. I think it was the best Easter ever!
As a general update, we haven’t grown any inches, but we have
put on a few pounds (now she weighs a whopping 22 pounds)! She
still looks like a thin string bean to me :o) I think the biggest
new milestone for her is communication. She’s been doing animal
names/sounds when you ask her, but now she’s using her sign language that they
teach at school to tell us she wants more, wants food or butterfly (fake butterfly in a mason jar we bought at Aunt Lou Lou's Heritage House).
It is so neat to have her communicating with us. She is
barely saying words, but she clearly understands everything that
we are saying. I can ask her to go get me something across the
room and bring it to me and she understands! She even mimics you when you do things. Below is a video of her laughing with.....or at me when I was acting to laugh. It is so
awesome! I think this is the part that I am most excited about; to
teach her things.
Lastly, she taking a liking to a few new things. Dancing--appears her body just can't help it to move when she hears music. She use to do just a sort of squat up and down when
dancing, but thanks to my mom….she stomps one foot and claps like she’s at the barn dance! And we've found a new love for fruit....strawberries and watermelon to be exact. You can't feed the child enough of either of them! Below are some pictures of our weekend at the community pool and our afternoon snack :o) The last picture is her "Mmmm...mmmm....good" move she makes when she really likes what she's eating. She does the "Mmmmmmm..." with her head tilted back. So funny!
