We had a big Easter weekend, if big means we tried a lot of
new things. Some were fun. Some were…well, maybe not quite so fun.
We discovered that we like basketball. We went to eat at Red
Robin on Saturday afternoon. The women’s college basketball March Madness was
on. Emry sat in just the right spot that she could see the television and she
was glued to the game. When it ended (Uconn stomped Mississippi – no surprise
there) and the commentary came on, she became quite frustrated that they were
no longer showing the game. Although she is quite tiny, we may have a future
basketball player on our hands.
After some errands, we went by a park called Settler’s
Cabin. We found a very nice play area to enjoy. First we were going to try
those newer form of “baby” swings, the kind that look like you’re strapping
them in to launch them into space (or, at least, a rollercoaster). We soon
discovered that Emry is much too small for those (unless the shoulder bar is
supposed to come down over your face…) So, we found an older set of swings that
had the old fashioned bucket seat thing. Emry can just see over the top of
those and doesn’t fill them by any means, but we thought we’d give it a shot.
Although we did not cry in protest, we didn’t like it very much either. So, we
just swung with Mama for a little while.
It might be a little while before we like swings…
…but it’s not too bad if Mama holds us.
Next we went back over to the play area. Emry was quite
excited to see all the other kids. She kept pointing at them and shouting “Hi!”
to them. We picked a smaller slide to try sliding for the first time. Ed took
her up and I stood at the bottom. We did it twice, but we were not very excited
about that either. Maybe it was the sensation of sliding, or maybe it was the
way the static made our hair stick out on end. Whichever it was, we were much
happier when it was over and a dog came to visit. Dogs – not slides – are one
of our favorite things.
On the slide with Papa.
Although we have an Easter basket, we didn’t hide or hunt
for eggs this year. (Although we have been playing with the Easter eggs all
week long.) For one, we simply didn’t have time. By the time we get up, and
have breakfast, and take time to get all lovely it’s time to dash out the door
for church. After church, we went up to the West End Overlook where you can see
the three rivers meet and the city of Pittsburgh to take some pictures in our
first Easter dress. Since church interferes with our morning nap (and we will
not be held and fall asleep during church), we’re lucky if Mama can keep us
awake so we can get home and into our crib before we’re out cold. Then it was
off to Grandma’s for the afternoon where we tried ham for the first time. And
since one nap a day simply isn’t enough, we came home and were put to bed as
soon as Mama could get us there. Still, we had a very nice first Easter.
Playing Peek-a-boo!
He is risen indeed! Happy Easter!
