Dyeing Easter Eggs

Cassandra took Mommy over to Aunt Kristi's today to dye Easter eggs.  She had lots of fun...even if she did get distracted by the doggy.  Frankly, when Molly is around, the eggs take a back seat.

Notice the shirt she is wearing.  If she gets and dye on that, who would notice?  Casandra also got to spend some time with Grandma.

The Empress really believes in being hands on, not letting her staff do everything for her.  Here she is dropping an egg into the dye.

The eggs ended up being a lot of fun...but Cassandra won't eat a hard boiled egg.  Mommy and Daddy will have to deal with the dozen eggs without help.

Favorite Fruit

When we sat down for breakfast Tuesday, Cassandra was given a quarter of Mommy's pear.  She quickly downed what she had been given and started pointing and reaching for the rest of the pear on Mommy's plate.  By the time breakfast was over, Cassandra had eaten three quarters of the pear.  Since pears are Mommy's favorite fruit, I'm not too horribly surprised.

Today, when we sat siting down for breakfast today, Cassandra was again given pears.  She finished rather quickly and I commented to Janice that Cassandra like pears more than she does.  Janice told me I was wrong.  I asked Cassandra if she like pears more than Mommy and she nodded her head.  Mommy didn't believe her and repeated the question.  Same response.

Easter Egg Hunt At School

Cassandra had an Easter egg hunt at school today.  She was her usual self.  Here she is participating:

 Here she is getting distracted:

And here she is, not sitting still for a picture:

I suppose that I should mention Daddy had just arrived because he had trouble getting away from work.  These two pictures were separated by me putting her back in line and Cassandra getting back up.  She has figured out that even if you are out wandering, you don't put your eggs down.

After the egg hunt, we went inside for the "party."  Among other items, the kids had cookies that Cassandra had helped with.  She seems rather proud of that fact.

And here is another picture of Cassandra not staying in her seat.  She likes to pace and wander like Daddy.

Award Winning Blooms?

Harison's yellow has bloomed.  Cassandra is very excited because it is yellow.  She really likes yellow.

She Said No!

Cassandra is an interesting child.  She doesn't say either "yes" or "no" but shakes and nods her head.  Tonight, when we asked her to do something, she said "No!"  This was a big shock to us as she has been shaking her head for a long time.  This has been a big week for her as far as new words are concerned.  She is starting to say her colors as well.  So far, we have heard yellow, blue, purple, and as of today, pink.  I think it helps that those were the color of sugar that she helped put on the Easter cookies.

Easter Cookies

Mommy decided to make cookies and Cassandra agreed to help.  I'm not sure what she enjoys more, being up high enough to see the counter or playing with the sugar sprinkles.

Cassandra is learning her colors.  What is funny is if you ask her what color something is, her standard answer is "lellow."   She just really likes to say this word.

 

She can say yellow, purple, and blue.

  

Easter Egg Hunt

Today, we had our Easter Egg Hunt at church.  Given Cassandra was 15 months old this year, we were able to stand back and let her loose.  She quickly filled up her basket and as you can see, it was a target rich environment.

Unfortunately, she did step on one egg.  Take a look at the face she is making while saying "uh, oh."

And finally, what toddler outing would be complete without the toddler getting distracted?