Easter and More!

Hi there Talin-ator! We cannot believe that you are almost three years old.  It’s been a while since we got to write last – life has just been “happening” as they say.  We’re in the middle of birthday madness –with your birthday coming up next on May 15^th.

Let’s start off with Easter – which was a blast.  you and Aeowyn went over with daddy to the Reston zoo the weekend before, where you got to pet sheep and goats, horses, and even a little pig.  You fearlessly fed the goats and love to pet the horse and the baby sheep.  We then hoped in the iron horse (our car) and drove down to Ticondergoa farms – home of the outdoor slides!  They had their annual easter egg hunt going on and our children were real  contenders J.  Imagine, 75 children gathered for one gigantic easter egg hunt.  Daddy sat down with all of you and reminded you to not follow other children – he recounted a story when he was a child and used to chase other kids – who would pickup the eggs first!  You were a trooper Talin and went right to work picking up eggs.  Everyone did a great job and came back with three huge basketfuls of candy! You also go to see the easter bunny.  The rest of the afternoon was spent going down slides, bouncing on the big bouncy hill and climbing up in the wooden fort – which you and Rohin really enjoyed doing.  The following weekend, we went over to Grandma and grandpa’s for Easter weekend – where you got to dye easter eggs (pink of course), and we road on the gator – and got our big easter baskets from the easter bunny.  You seemed to really love the gummy worms the best and quickly figured out how to find the eggs that sounded like they had gummy worms inside.  The rest of the weekend – we spent time on the gators and walked through the words – where daddy build you a little lean to fort – that you enjoyed sitting in.

Outside of Easter, it’s just been a wonderful Spring with temperatures unseasonsably warm.  We have a new routine now, where we all head far back beyond our house down a path onto a large beach in the river – where you all enjoy hoping on rocks, throwing rocks, and wading in the river.  You continue to be a big fan of moewing grass and love to talk about weed whackers.  Daddy just got a new Hitachi weed wacker – and you were very interested in helping to build it – and love to see daddy’s new hedge attachment.  You pick up your own stick and pretend that it is a weed wacker. 

You have a very strong imagination Talin and love to think up games and love to sing songs.  At night time, we have this thing where we put you to bed and typically daddy ends up on the floor.  You always are singing some song before you go to sleep.  You also love to play games that we tend to make up.  One of your favorites is grumpy old troll – where you run around in the bedroom past daddy and he tries to catch you.  We also play George of the Jungle, where daddy sings a song and you all come up and surprisingly stop him from completing the song.  You’re very curious Talin and last night, before we went to bed – you were asking questions about why things are – why can’t spiderman talk?  Why are there bad people?  And are coyotes bad (ok – mommy can explain the coyotes later on).  But if for some reason you have a phobia of coyotes – talk to her J.   We love you Talin!