mEGGa Hunt and the Park

Continuing on with Ethan's birthday weekend... Last Saturday we went to the Willamalane MEGGA Hunt and it was sunny!! Absolutely beautiful outside. This was Ethan's first real egg hunt. He hadn't quite made an appearance in 2007 (so close, though) and last year Easter was in March. March + Oregon = Rainy Easter... I mean, c'mon, nice Easter weather in Oregon is pushing it just for April. So, this year I wanted to be sure Ethan got the experience.














It did take a while to catch on, though - he was more interested in picking up the eggs and throwing them again instead of collecting them in his bag!














After 2 times through the 2-yr. age group egg hunt (the first round we got all hard candy... umm, who gives hard candy to a 2 year old?!) we headed inside for a little visit with the Easter Bunny.














Ethan really enjoyed showing E. Bunny his new truck, but that was about it!














Then it was back outside, where we enjoyed some of the live reggae music and headed back to the car. But not before a pit-stop at the park.














Ethan has grown so much since the last time we were at a park. He needed no help climbing the stairs, crossing the bridge and going down the slide, so he did it over and over and over again! Last time we had to help guide him along the play structure and then be ready to catch him at the bottom of the slide... not this time!














Ignore the kid on the right who appears to be picking his nose and just look at how much fun my little guy is having!

Sneaky little kid got into the chips later that day when we weren't looking. Looks pretty guilty here, huh?

Here's just a funny video from that day... Ethan blowing bezerberts (Southworth term for raspberries) on his arm and just being the crazy kid we love. I thought uncle Todd and uncle Ryan would enjoy the progress of silly noises!

And here's one of my new favorite pictures! My handsome little stud... takes after his daddy!