3/28/10 - Easter & Birthday Celebration

We headed to the Mall of America to visit the Easter Bunny. We went there last year, and it's a little spendy to buy their photos (which you don't have to actually buy), and after seeing bunny pictures from other places...there's no way we'd go anywhere else. They have the best bunny for sure! The line wasn't too long at all, which was great. As soon as Olivia spotted the bunny, she got so excited and wanted to get over to him right away....waiting in line became very hard.

Then, as soon as we got over to the bunny, she was so amazed by him, she wouldn't cooperate for pictures :) She kept staring at him like he was just so mesmerizing. We finally got her to look at the camera, but she really just wanted to look at him, so she wasn't having much to do with pictures. We snapped a couple, but didn't get a chance to get a picture. Hey, I'll take interested over freaking out any day though!

Since we got done so quickly, we headed to an Easter party at the "American Legion"...my in-law's go there once in a while, and told us about the party. Since it was free, and we had some time to kill, we met my sister in laws and her girls there. We did some face painting...the painter was amazed by Olivia's cooperation! One of the great things about Olivia is that even though she's a total energizer bunny, when something new is going on (like the bunny, and now face painting), she becomes so interested in it, she just kind of turns into a statue to see what's going to happen. Luckily she lasted long enough to get her little flower done! After that, we finished up lunch then headed outside for some pony rides! Then grabbed our treat bag and were off to the in-laws for Christian's BBQ dinner.

Dinner was YUMMY...chicken mole, rice, beans and BBQ ribs (kind of an odd combo...). The girls ran around and played the whole time...Olivia cannot get enough of her cousins! Then we finally headed back home. Olivia was exhausted, napped for a bit, ate a little dinner, then was PASSED out. Luckily the molar teething hasn't been keeping her up at night, so we've actually been getting some sleep, which is so GREAT!

Now, I just can't believe the weekend is OVER, and Monday is so close! Back to work we go!