HOPPY EASTER

A big corny, but hey it works!

I love Easter. I love the pastels and little bunnies and baby lambs, easter baskets and Snickers mini bars (appropriately colored wrappers), new dresses and shoes (was never into the hat thing), tulips and daffodils and flying kites!

I do however despise Cadbury eggs. Whoever thought that one up needed some professional help. I also cannot tolerate coloring eggs. I don't why, but I have never enjoyed it.

No kite flying this year. I think with windchill it's about 10 degrees out. So screw the kite thing til it gets warmer. The tulips and daffodils are dead, thanks to the El Nina or whatever it is.

In spite of the cold, the Easter Bunny was very nice to Alex. He got a giant bucket of bubbles (the kids LOVES bubbles), some magnetix doo hickey, a Care Bear complete with bunny ears, a stuffed elephant (the kid also LOVES stuffed elephants) some other small egg toys and candy. I'm sure Grandma and Great Grandma are bringing more goodies, with more candy.

Funny Easter story. Alex's older brother Matt was three at one Easter. His grandparents always had a huge egg hunt. Tons of candy. Matt loved candy (who doesn't right?). He proceeded to gorge on chocolate eggs. When brunch rolled around, Grandpa told him he better eat. Nope, no siree, just some bacon please. Grandpa told him he'd get sick if he didn't eat. But for the wise 3 yr old, it was just "pass the eggs, the chocolate kind that is, please." Soooo at 3:00 in the afternoon, guess who was on the side of the road, puking his chocolate-y, bacon guts out? After he was done, he looked at us, all pitiful and green, and said (from the side of the road near the ditch) "Grandpa George sure is a lucky duck" - his 3 yr old way of saying grandpa sure nailed this one!! LOL

MORAL OF THE STORY: The following Easter we decided eating brunch might be a good idea, and his wonderful parents decided they really should monitor their kid better! THE END.

Hippity Hoppity, Happy Easter Day!