Easter Egg Hunt Mall of America Style

At an "Egg Station"

Jackson thought he should get the whole bag of candy! Oops!

No, no, little guy! Just ONE piece, please!

Waiting in line for the Bunny

Love!

Jackson is always "fixin" stuff

It was Toddler Tuesday today at the Mall of America. Every Tuesday, MOA hosts some fun events geared for little kids. Today's event: An Easter Egg Hunt and pictures with the Easter Bunny! We got to the Mall early with our Easter Baskets in hand, all set to see the BIG bunny and hunt for some eggs. Well... it wasn't quite like the Easter Egg Hunts I remember from my childhood. At MOA, you stand in a long line and wait to get a quick picture with the bunny. Then you walk around Nickelodeon Universe and look for three "egg stations." At these "egg stations", there is a lady (not dressed up or looking like a bunny) handing out one piece of candy per child. The candy part is not a big deal since Jackson doesn't like candy, but it wasn't much of a "hunt" or that much fun. Oh well, I'm still "hunting" for a more traditional Easter Egg Hunt to take Jackson on in the next few days. If all else fails, we will have our own egg hunt in our backyard -- that will probably be more fun anyway!

Happy Easter!

Spring is in the air!

Climbing the wall

Getting courage to go down the BIG slide

No! It's too BIG!
Ok, I'll try it again!


YEAH, JACKSON!!

It's feeling like Spring outside and I love it! Paul and I can't keep Jackson inside anymore. I sure it doesn't SNOW again... we'll have one sad Doodle (Jackson!) Today, we walked down to the park to play on the equipment. It was fun to see how much more brave Jackson is this year. He was an animal on the equipment! He even went down the BIG slide today! That is a BIG deal in Jackson's world!

Enjoy the weather!!

Adventures in Breckenridge

Watching a movie on Grandpa's bed

Hmmm... we couldn't find the toys!?!

Four wheeling inside - Grandpa's a softie!

Dancin' with Whit and Shay

Sweethearts

Building a fort

Too much together time!!

The Three Stooges

Poor Yukon (Grandpa's dog)! He was trying to herd the girls together!

The kids and I went up to Breckenridge this past week to see my family. Grandpa's house is always so much fun, especially with the little ones around! Jackson and Jayda went to their first basketball game. Jackson enjoyed watching the big boys play basketball, but he was an even bigger fan of "running in the halls!" Long straight hallways... yipee!!!! Jayda slept through the whole game. She wasn't even phased by the loud band or cheerleaders! I wish I slept that soundly!

Alivia and Shay came over to see us, as well. I love watching the "cousins" play together! One minute they are watching a movie in Grandpa's room, then they are driving the big wheels around the kitchen/living room, next they are dancing to a song, and then a few minutes later they are building a fort with blankets. Too cute and too busy!

Today, before we left, it was nice enough for the kids to get outside and play with their "cars!" Watching those three drive battery operated machines was a little like watching the Three Stooges! Nobody was safe standing in the driveway! : ) However, the best part of today (for me) was the quite drive home! Both kiddos were sound asleep by the time we left Breckenridge and they didn't wake up until we pulled into our garage (3.5 hours later!)

Yo Gabba Gabba

Bird's Eye view (from the third floor!)

DJ Lance

Brobee

Driving the bus

Lego Land at MOA

The kids and I went to the Yo Gabba Gabba concert at the Mall of America today! What an adventure! We got up early and made our way to the Mall so we could get a good seat. Well, I guess we didn't get up early enough -- it was PACKED! We ended up going up to the third floor just so we could see the stage. Jackson wasn't a big fan of the "bird's eye view", so we went and stood backstage. Fortunately for us, both DJ Lance (the main character) and Brobee (green character) came over to us and gave Jackson a high five. It was pretty cool!

Laughter and tears

This week, I've experienced a full range of "Mommy emotions!" Jackson decided a couple of weeks ago that he was ready to be potty trained. I, on the other hand, was a little reluctant. Potty training and breast feeding, how much do I really want to take on!?! But, I decided to stop whining and go forward with the potty training. To my AMAZEMENT, Jackson is doing very well. The first day was a little trying of my patience. We must have made 20 trips to the bathroom by 9:00 am. I was so frustrated, but we kept trying. Today, he's only had one accident! I feel like that is a big success! It's also really fun to see him get so excited about his "big boy underwear" and being able to do the "potty dance" after he goes to the bathroom (in the potty, of course!)

Also this week, Jayda decided to flash us her first few smiles! Yeah!!! She's got a beautiful little smile! But she is a little more stingy with her smiles than her big brother was. Jayda makes you work for a smile! I tried to get a picture of her smiling, but I didn't have much luck! She's quick! It looks more like she's winking at the camera. : )

Cabin Fever

Riding the rides at the Mall of America

Jayda was not impressed with MOA - slept the whole time

Peanut butter play-dough

PB play-dough basketball?

Learning our letters -- isn't it GREAT having a mother who's a teacher!?!

More Curious George, Jayda!

Ugh!! Cabin Fever has hit the Agee household! Here's a few ways we were trying to keep busy (and somewhat sane) over the long Valentine's Day/President's Day weekend:

** Riding the rides at the Mall of America

** Peanut butter play-dough

** Reading books to Jayda

Happy Valentine's Day!

Happy Valentine's Day, everyone! Jackson and Jayda got an early Valentine's Day surprise in the mail yesterday from Grandpa Schill -- balloons and teddy bears! Jackson had so much fun opening the box and watching the balloons pop out! : ) Today, Jackson had his Valentine's Day party at Honey's (daycare.) He's not into the candy, but LOVED the helium balloon that he got! Jayda and I spent the afternoon at school for my classroom's holiday party. It was fun to share her with my students and friends at Washburn.

Hugs and kisses from the Agee's!