Easter Weekend Recap

Happy Monday! We had a nice long weekend. It wasn't the best weekend for Paul as his teeth are still bothering him and he ran a fever much of the weekend. But we made the most of it!

On Friday we got lots of stuff done around the house like cleaning bathrooms, vacuuming, organizing the basement, and sweeping out the garage. I also went through all my pre-pregnancy clothes to figure out what still fits and was happy to find that most of my clothes now fit. Woo hoo! I was feeling like I had very few clothing options but now I've got lots of stuff to wear and after not wearing it for 2 years, it feels like I just went shopping!

He likes to walk on the "wrong" side of the walker

We put a few baby things out on our curb that we didn't use with Paul and knew we wouldn't use in the future with a free sign. They were gone pretty quickly, so that was nice! In the afternoon Paul and I got together with my friend Courtney and her boys. We caught up on each others' lives and went for a walk to the park and stopped along the way to see the house that Courtney's BIL is renovating. It was fun to see the progress they've made but confirmed that Phil and I could never do a major renovation to a house. Just seeing all the chaos and decisions they have to make stressed me out. Ha.

On Saturday morning, Paul and I had swimming lessons and he took a pretty good nap afterwards. Swimming lessons really wear him out!

After his nap and lunch, we headed out for a family walk to the park. The weather was absolutely gorgeous!

He had a blast swinging. He just giggles and giggles! I also went down several slides with him, which he loved!

That night, after Paul went to bed, we grilled sausages and asparagus and I roasted some potatoes. It was great to eat our first meal off the grill (well, first in Minnesota - we grilled in Florida!).

On Sunday morning, Paul was up bright and early with a low grade fever. I showed him the 2 Easter books the "Easter Bunny" had brought him. I went the lazy route with Easter this year since he's not old enough to understand the holiday or appreciate an Easter basket. He liked the Easter books we got him, though.

Then he "helped" me fold his cloth diapers that we had washed the night before. Paul has definitely gotten into a mischievous stage. He also dumped out my cup of coffee that morning. :/

After sorting/folding his diapers, I reactivated my Facebook and Instagram accounts. I had given up social media for Lent. Unfortunately, when reactivating my accounts I realized that I deleted my Facebook account instead of deactivating it. Ugh. So I lost everything and have to start over from scratch! If you received a friend request from me, it's legit. :) If we were friends on Facebook before and aren't now, please send me a friend request! I tried my best to rebuild my friends but was going off of memory and friend suggestions from Facebook.

After a super short morning nap, we picked up Phil's brother and headed to his mom's. He was pretty crabby on the drive but perked up when we got to grandma's as she had some new toys for him. He loved the walker that she borrowed from a neighbor whose grandchild had outgrown it.

Oscar has been at grandma's for 2 weeks. Phil took her up there before our Florida trip and she's staying for a couple more weeks since we'll be gone next weekend. Paul had fun chasing her around. Oscar was less thrilled by the attention.

Where is that kitty?

Grandma had lots of Easter goodies for Paul, as you see in the background of this picture. He got some bath toys, clothes, a book, and some graham crackers.

Paul loves playing with toys that his daddy played with, like this old school little people bus.

Later in the day, my MIL had an Easter egg hunt for Paul (we obviously did not hide them - they were in plain sight!) and one for Phil, Andy, and me! Paul had fun shaking the eggs, which had little people super heroes in them.

We headed back earlier than expected because Paul was just miserable. He had a fever and wouldn't go down for a nap so we headed home and went for a family walk. I was hoping he would take a cat nap in the stroller but he didn't. But he was in good spirits during the walk for the most part. I did some running intervals and he was NOT happy when I ran away from them! We have quite the mama's boy on our hands! It's sweet but also tough to hear him cry when I leave his sight! Hopefully he grows out of this soon!

How was your Easter weekend? How did you celebrate? Did the Easter bunny bring you anything? Phil's mom put candy in the eggs she hid for us but I am limiting myself to just a few small peanut butter cup treats!