easter!

easter morning, i woke up and could hear dottie saying excitedly in her crib, "easter bunny! easter bunny!" over and over in several different tones. i actually hadn't realized that she had grasped the concept as well as she did. i pulled her out of her crib and we crept up the stairs together only to see her easter basket with a life sized dora the explorer balloon attached to her basket. i think she just about fell over she was so excited (she has a serious love of dora that we don't know the origins of)! she proceeded to check out her loot (her slinky was a favorite!) and hunt for easter eggs squealing with excitement every time she found one. she walked around with a basket, 2 purses, a backpack, and a makeshift cape while doing so, collecting the eggs in all of her bags.

i don't think i have mentioned before that dottie is a bit of a squirrel with candy and sweet treats. she loves them so much that she actually saves things until later in her pocket or some kind of container, saying, "save for later". this is not something she learned from her sweet tooth mother who gobbles up sweets as soon as she gets them! this is what she did with the few pieces of easter candy she got this year. she tasted one m & m while gathering her eggs and then slowly ate one here and there throughout the day. she still has a bag full of easter eggs with little bits of candy that she hasn't touched.

after all of the fun at home, we heading out to park chalet to have easter brunch with the ricci's/godbolds/jones. it was pouring rain so we were happy to be inside delicious food and 4 really well behaved kiddies (floyd, wyatt, malcolm, and dottie). we were happy to be included in such a nice brunch! pictures were a bit spotty from the brunch. wishing i had a few more to post...

*the picture of erin and dottie was taken a couple of days before easter. dottie was having fun helping erin decorate her cute easter tree.

*chuck was in tahoe for a bachelor party snowboarding thing which is why he isn't mentioned in the easter posts. we were happy to have him back sunday evening!)