Sunday, April 12, 2009

Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter! Nolan woke up, came downstairs and started looking for eggs!
He helped Daddy carry the big bowl of eggs.
Nolan found eggs in lots of great hiding places.
He was so excited!
Nolan LOVED hunting for eggs!
He helped Daddy transfer them and count to be sure we had 30 eggs.
The Easter Bunny visited our house! He brought Nolan a spring book, a puzzle, baseball pajamas and a new lawnmower for outside!
Nolan took off with his new mower!
He checked out his new puzzle.
Nolan went back to the eggs...we would not want to miss any eggs! Thank goodness Nolan found all 30!
Nolan stopped for a quick picture before heading to 9:00 a.m. Mass.
After Mass, we stopped at Pops and MoMo's house for a minute before going to our family brunch. Nolan drove MoMo's van in the driveway.
Nolan loved his Easter outfit!
He played a quick game of "Pillows!" He loves to take the pillows off the couches and free fall into them!
We went to the Tillemans house for brunch. Nolan moved some chairs around as Ellen watched.
Ellen and Nolan sat together for a very quick picture!
We went to Aunt Mar and Uncle Ron's house for dinner. Nolan was so excited to check out his Easter basket!
There were lots of great treats!
Nolan had fun looking at his special gifts!
Aunt Mar helped him sort everything.
Nolan likes his new dinosaur digger!
He looked like such a big boy at the dining room table for dinner.
Nolan took a picture with Pops and MoMo.
Mommy and Nolan took a picture with Amy.
Daddy had to work at the Sox game on Easter. He went with us to Mass and then had to go to work. He had a nice dinner when he came home. Our neighbor took a quick family picture for us.
Nolan tried out his new lawnmower again when we got home. It is now in the garage as a new outside toy.
Nolan and Daddy played a game of chase.
We hope everyone had a very Happy Easter!
We loved the nice weather and hope the warm temperatures decide to stick around soon!

Saturday, April 11, 2009

Egg Coloring Video

This is a video of Nolan coloring Easter eggs and showing us how he chews gum, one of his tricks. Enjoy!

Easter Saturday

We had a fun, busy day! Nolan went to the Oak Lawn Easter Egg Hunt earlier today. There were lots and lots of people. It was a mad dash for the eggs! He visited with the Easter Bunny.
Nolan sat so nicely on his lap after he checked him out!
Daddy had to work at the Sox and Bulls games today/tonight, so we went to Pops and MoMo's house to color some eggs. Thank goodness Nolan was wearing his smock!
He LOVED coloring eggs!
He dove right in and tasted the shells.
The vinegar, water and color mix must taste really yummy.
Coloring eggs is so much fun!
Nolan loved the pretty colors.
He does not always distinguish between edible and inedible objects...we will keep working on that skill!
Nolan was so happy!
Mommy, Nolan and Pops
MoMo, Nolan and Pops
The Wisconsin O'Sheas came to Chicago tonight for Easter. They are staying at Pops and MoMo's house. Nolan wanted to check out Timmy and Mike's ping pong game.
He was in awe of the big kids!
He helped them look for the missed balls.
Ping pong is pretty cool.
Nolan also tried out Pops and MoMo's home gym.
He took a ride on Swifty the horsie, too!
Then, Nolan went home for a good night sleep in hopes that the Easter Bunny will visit our house tomorrow morning!

Special Delivery

Nolan was so excited when the Fed Ex man came to our door yesterday...with a special delivery just for Nolan! Aunt Mar and Uncle Ron sent Nolan a picnic table and umbrella as an early birthday gift that he can start enjoying as soon as our weather decides to be warm. Nolan LOVES to be outside, so this is a perfect gift! Some neighbor friends were playing with Nolan on the swing set on Thursday, and I am sure they will enjoy many picnics together this spring and summer. Thanks so much Aunt Mar and Uncle Ron for this special gift! Nolan and his buddies will put it to great use!

Wednesday, April 8, 2009

More Climbing...

Nolan went to Mommy's school today for a Marionette puppet show. It was really neat and fun to see! Nolan loved seeing all the preschool children and Mommy's teacher friends. He had lunch in the faculty lounge and played in a classroom. He loved the cash register and kitchen area. Mommy stopped in an office to submit paperwork for her teaching certificate renewal, and Nolan fell asleep. He was out cold for the rest of our visit! Nolan demonstrated his climbing skills in the living room by climbing on the window ledge.
He did not even need his stool for this climbing trick.
Then, he was back downstairs with his stool.
Climbing is just so much fun!
Running around the house with Mommy's keys is great fun, too!