It has been really nice out and so we've tried to spent some time outside. Everyone in the town has had the same idea as us. I'd like to think we thought of it first.

Today was the Easter egg hunt in town. I wasn't sure what age group to put Maxwell with so I decided he'd have a good chance with the 1 yr. old kids. I was very wrong. I think every 1 yr old child had a hard time, not because they didn't know what to do or couldn't pick the eggs, but the first thing the person in charge said was that no parents could go pass the lines until he told them. That meant he said "go" then they had to wait. While the parents waited, with their children, who weren't going to go on their own, every child that could ran out and picked up all the 1 yr. old eggs. By the time parents were allowed in there wasn't much left for the poor 1yr. olds. I had Abby helping Maxwell while I held Maxwell up so he wouldn't get trampled. We couldn't find any eggs so we cut under the line and went to the 2yr. old section.

Both Abby and Maxwell got a few eggs, as in 3 and 5 eggs. We saw tons of shoving, pushing, ect. that afterward both my friend and I decided to go home and put on our own egg hunt. It was much more fun and I think I'll just have to cut out the "big" ones from now on. Way too big of crowds and not very fun for either child.

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Yesterday we took an adventure to the BIG SLIDE. Everyone fun and both Sam and I got a good workout. I don't think Abby was even phased by the climb to the top.




Abby was not hurt by that fall. She did have her mouth open though and was spitting out sand-ish type stuff for a few minutes after.



Here's Sam at the top.


the outside view




Our lunch wasn't quite thawed yet so we decided to stick it on the grill to get some sun.


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Maxwell has taken a liking to the outdoors. We wants to be outside a lot, so does Abby. I can't seem to get either kid to enjoy or want to be inside. Today I took Maxwell out with his gait trainer. He started walking off toward the left. He passed several homes and then I turned him around to back toward the house. He screamed the whole way back. Once we got back home he kept going toward the east. After a few houses I turned him around again to go toward home. He was so mad I couldn't get him to move. I have no idea where he was planning on going but it was anywhere but home.