We had a happy Easter with a visit to Grandma and Grandpa Kenyon in Des Moines. The Easter Bunny found us there with lots of treats for all! Edward is well-equipped for summer fun with his bucket, shovel and watering can. Also a new favorite book, "Hand, Hand, Fingers, Thumb," which is the first (of many to come we presume) that he demands encores of after each nightly reading. We get to the end and he turns it over to the beginning and starts bouncing to the anticipated rhythm. "Dum ditty dum ditty dum dum dum!"
He needed some help to bust open his eggs to reveal the hidden treats (Teddy Grahams), but knew just what to do when they spilled out on the table.
This was on "Easter Eve"--clearly he spent too much time slobbering over the eggs and not enough practicing how to open them. These didn't have any treats though, so little incentive. He climbed into this box on his own and then giggled as John pushed him around the room in it. We thought he and his cousin might have a face off in the two boxes the next day, but they didn't seem to pay too much attention to each other except to steal each other's toys.

Oh, we also discovered that Grandpa needs to brush up on his "patty-cake." There were several improvised lyrics, but you can see Ed didn't mind.