Egg-cellent Day!

With Bob still out of town (WE MISS BOB!) and Nana playing nursemaid to an under- the-weather Sugar the Westie back in Pennsylvania; Pop-Pop, Owen and I were on our own for the City of Westminster's Easter Egg Hunt.

It was a beautiful morning as we headed to the lawns of City Hall to join the crowds of egg gatherers. First stop was the John Deere gator and front loader parked near the building. I'm not sure it was intentional on the planners part but it sure made Owen's day!



Next up, the face painting table where Owen got a pink nose, black whiskers and bunny ears courtesy of the same wonderful ladies who run the daycare center at our local gym (although he seemed a bit confused and told me several times with a meow that he was a cat).


We waited patiently for a few minutes behind a pink ribbon outlining the grassy area designated for 3 year olds, and with the announcement of "1, 2, 3, GO" Owen was off and running. He did great - no pushing, stealing eggs from others, or hesitation - and happily gathered ten eggs in his blue bucket.



After checking out his stash of candy and stickers we made our way to the critter area set up by some local 4-H kids to check out a bunch of real bunnies and a goat that had been born just five hours earlier! One of my favorite moments - and new favorite picture - is the one you see in the Happy Easter post above - Owen gently petting a little rabbit who seemed to sense his calm and love and actually came out of her basket to greet him.



We headed to lunch at Chick-Fil-A (Owen's choice), then stopped at the Duck Pond to show Pop-Pop our climbing/sliding/swinging skills on the playground, then back to the house to open a bag full of Easter goodies from Nanny and play a little golf, baseball, bubbles, and corn hole in the yard.


A really full, really wonderful day!