Easter

Although Chase doesn't really understand what's happening, he was super excited for the Easter Bunny.  He's been obsessed with the movie Hop, so we've heard a lot of toddler talk about bunnies recently.  Thankfully the Easter Bunny did come, and he left Chase some toys and treats.  He got some crayons, coloring books, a toy airplane, and an airplane board book.  There were also a couple plastic eggs with M&Ms, which were probably all devoured before lunch.

Coloring Mickey with Dad

It was such a beautiful day outside.  We decided that since we didn't have church in the middle of the day, we needed to go enjoy some sunshine at the park before the first session of General Conference.  Chase was really excited to be back at the park after such a long winter, and Marcus had fun playing with him.

Of course the swings were a hit.

Chase loves being underdog pushed really high.

Talking through the playground equipment

First time riding his scooter at the park -- until now he's only ridden it in our building

I love how he falls down at the end and isn't upset -- he's more annoyed his hands are dirty than that he fell.  Chase is funny like that.  He does not like dirt on his hands!

We enjoyed General Conference at home.  Chase took a long nap after playing hard at the park, so we actually were able to listen to some.  And I practiced crocheting.  It's getting better!  I have a couple projects I want to do, and my skills have a long way to go...

The rows are getting straighter :)

For Easter dinner, we decided against the traditional ham meals.  Instead we made a big cobb salad.  After all the delicious candy and chocolate we'd been eating, it was nice to have a good salad.

We also made Red Lobster cheddar rolls.  Yum.

Okay, so maybe the real reason we had a salad wasn't just the calorie intake...  We decided to use our ham budget on dessert :)

A Carvel Chocolate Vanilla Bunny Ice Cream Cake

Chase was so excited!  Totally worth it!

Sampling the bunny

Chase didn't quite catch the whole idea of Easter -- maybe it was our fault having a cake.  I guess cakes always mean birthday :)  At least he recognized there was something special about the day.  That's a start!

He enjoyed his slice of cake while watching the Disney movie Planes with his new airplane from his Easter basket

 We had a really nice Easter at home -- pretty simple, but it was a wonderful day.

Happy Easter!

Singing Before Bedtime

Before bed every night, Marcus sings Chase I Am a Child of God.  Chase knows that song means bedtime, so often he doesn't like it if I sing it.  He'll usually sing Jingle Bells (non-stop actually) or Wheels on the Bus, but he's now sung this with me twice.  It took a little bit of time to get him all warmed up to the idea of singing... in front of the camera, but I got a pretty cute video.  Guess he does pay attention at night when Marcus does their bedtime routine.  

Easter at the Zoo

Since I actually had a Saturday where I didn't have to go in to the city to work, I insisted we do something fun.  We considered a couple different options and decided to try the Easter festivities at the Queens Zoo.  Chase has always enjoyed that zoo, especially with the petting zoo section, and we hoped he'd enjoy an egg hunt and a photo with the Easter Bunny.

There were quite a few kids and families at the zoo, but Chase had no problems finding some eggs around the zoo.

 The great thing about this Easter Egg Hunt is that it's in the petting zoo side of the park.  After selecting his ONE egg (that's all he wanted), Chase decided it was more fun to feed his goat friends.

The llamas didn't care about the kids with food.

Marcus enjoyed feeding the goats too.

Chase quickly released how the food dispensers worked and would search for left over pieces of food.

He found several dispensers around the park.

He probably would've fed the goats all day.

 ...But I wanted to go see the sea lions :)

Chase enjoyed watching the sea lions too.

He just calmly sat, ate his goldfish, and listened to the hungry sea lions.

Getting comfortable
Chase insisted on keeping his hood up when the wind started.  It was so nice in the sun but freezing in the wind.

We ran into the Kenworthys from church at the zoo -- Chase liked to try doing everything Ali did.

Watching the sea lions' feeding time

 We continued walking around the zoo and came across the Easter Bunny!  I was nervous Chase wouldn't care much (like at our visit to Santa Claus), but Chase LOVED the bunny!

Finding the bunny's nose

Showing the bunny Chase's nose

Chase had a blast!  It was a fun day at the zoo.

And then he took one of the best naps he's taken in months :)

Spring Break Frozen Yogurt

I didn't have to work on Friday since it was technically the first day of Spring Break.  We decided that since the sun was intermittently out, we NEEDED to go to Yogurberry.

Chase wanted a bowl for his ice cream.  He knew how it worked :)

Oh the delicious decisions!

He got a little vanilla and insisted on colored sprinkles and M&Ms on top.

Needless to say, our outing was a success :)  Plus Marcus and I both got to enjoy our own bowls of frozen yogurt since Chase had his own.  Excellent!

Chase and his friends

Chase has a bunch of cute friends.  Thought I'd share a couple pictures of a few of his buddies.

Chase Darcy wearing their animal hats.

Chase and Alexander making a HUGE mess with shredded paper.

Chase and Harper on a slide

Chase and Winnie reading books.

Chase and Heidi drumming.