Easter Egg Hunt #1

Let the Easter Festivities Begin!

We started yesterday with our first Egg Hunt of the weekend at school. Mary Margo and all her classmates ran wild across the playground scouring for easter eggs full of goodies. Mary Margo still went at her own little "Mary Margo Speed" of doing things. In other words, she wasn't in a hurry. But she got plenty of eggs and plenty of chocolate.

I remember back to the first hunt at school when she was around 18 months. She, again, was going at "her speed". She would pick up an egg and want to open it immediately to see what was in it. Needless to say, that year we came home with about 5 eggs. So we did much better this year. This year we got home with a basket FULL. And once the basket was full she clearly told me that was ENOUGH and she was ready to go home. About 5 minutes into the hunt. We have the Auburn City hunt today at 11. Over 30,000 eggs! WOW! Can't wait!

Mary Margo and her Class

Hunting for Eggs

Mary Margo and her BFF Jayme

This is what ENOUGH looks like!

Enough really is enough when you consider every one of these eggs are filled with a reese cup or m&m's. Seriously, way to go parents for stuffing the eggs with the GOOD STUFF! Because, you know we are all guilty of sneaking a few reese's for ourselves. There wasn't a bad one in the bunch. Well, maybe mine were the exception because they were filled with stickers and not candy! But the other parents can thank me for that later.

And here is Mary Margo and her BFF Jayme! Aren't they adorable!! Every day we ask Mary Margo who she played with at school and every day she says Jayme. She talks about her non stop. I talked with Jayme's mom about it and she said that Jayme does the same thing. She said she calls Mary Margo on her play phone every night. SO CUTE!

Family, Friends, and some Food

Mary Margo wanted to be a photographer yesterday and take some pictures. So I didn't object, gave her some direction on the correct buttons to push and let her go. And here is what we got.

First she wanted to take a picture of the baby

Don't be fooled, these next few are the best pictures out of the whole bunch. It may look like a bad picture of the kitchen floor. But it is a photo of Pay Pay. You ask, "who is Pay Pay?" Pay Pay is Mary Margo's first imaginary friend. And here is how this picture took place.

Mary Margo to me, "I'm going to take a picture of Pay Pay."

"Ok, where is Pay Pay?", Mommy

"Right there" As she points to the spot on the floor

Then she starts talking to Pay Pay -

"Ok Pay Pay stand right here on this spot and say cheese"

Click! And here you go....a picture of Pay Pay

You may think that this is a another picture of Pay Pay, but this is a picture of Jackie and Johnny. More imaginary friends. They are standing right there in the middle of the shot next to the dishwasher. Jackie and Johnny are Pay Pay's friends. They are always together and spend a lot of time at the doctor or the hospital because they have booboo's.

This would be another picture of Pay Pay but, according to Mary Margo, she is laughing in this picture.

Now here is some pictures of food. Some grapes above, and Mary Margo's drink and granola bar below.

Another picture of the baby bump.

and finally a picture of Daddy!

I share this blog because this little girl is a constant source of entertainment in our world. Her imagination is SO BIG and a day doesn't go by that we don't talk about Pay Pay, Jackie and Johnny. They are her buddies. She is usually bossing them around as she plays school or they are at the doctor or the hospital. Pay Pay eats with us some nights. And occasionally Pay Pay gets blamed for things Mary Margo does.

Is it crazy to have imaginary friends...I don't know. I never had one. I think it is normal at this stage in her life. But I do know that one day these three little friends will be a memory. We will talk and laugh about them as a past moment in Mary Margo's life. So for now, I embrace them as a part of our family too! If she is still talking to them when she goes to college....I will worry.