Easter Egg Huntin' 2012

Last year, Simon was too little to enjoy the excitement of an Easter egg hunt!  Not this year, though!  It was a foggy and chilly morning, but our neighborhood hosted a fun morning for the kids!  We busted out his new Elmo Easter basket and had a blast!  Simon loved finding the eggs, both on the ground and in other kids' baskets :)

Our 1st hunt of the season, in our neighborhood- Trolley Park

 Our Gymboree friends invited us to another fun hunt!  Eggs were filled with goldfish, animal crackers, and stickers!

Loving his Elmo basket, and trying to get a head starte!

Simon and Mason

Takin' a break

Back at it

 

 So many places to hide eggs!

Checking our the goods

"Amen"

Simon said "Amen", after we said grace tonight at dinner :) So sweet!

Gymboree Fun

We are so lucky to have found the Gymboree here in Cincinnati! Simon and I have both made some great friends, who we get together with fairly often!  It's nice to see the same faces at our Gym classes, but even better to make real friendships with people from there, and to spend time outside of Gymboree with them too! 

Simon, Mason, and Sam

Loves the slide

Traffic jam!

Rainy Museum Sunday

What is better to do on a rainy Sunday in Cincinnati, than to head to the Children's Museum?! We actually started the day at the special "Pompei" exhibit, which was very interesting. Then we finished up with a visit to the kids exhibits!

Petting his first snake! He was so careful and gentle.

Spiderman!

Playing with the water!  He actually managed to stay pretty dry!

Tunnel in the fish tank! Getting up close and personal!

Sammy Snuggles

Simon loves his dog, Sammy! He knows and says her name now, too!

Best Buds

Simon and his buddy, Mason

They don't exactly understand it yet, but these two little guys are the best of buds! 

They sure are shaping up to be partners in crime! 

Checking out the view of the Cincinnati Skyline, from Newport on the Levee

Feeling Blessed

The weather was beautiful and we spent the day enjoying the scenery in Newport and Cincinnati. We walked the Purple People Bridge, played in the park, and had lunch together.  It was such a simple and fun way to spend time together.  So of course we had to take 100 pictures, to remember it by.  Just feeling extra lucky to have such a wonderful life together.

View of Newport, from Sawyer Point

Looks like such a big boy from behind!

 

Always up to something!

Better run fast, Simon! Daddy's coming for you!

Ha! He got you!

Love the piano under the bridge.

Simon did too!

Rockin' out with Daddy!

Ready for his first performance.

Enough with the camera already!

He looks so tiny compared to the arches!

Too much fun = one tired fella!