Easter in Utah 2012

Before we went out to Utah, Graham and I went to the city Easter Egg hunt for his very first hunt ever. He got lots of candy and got to meet the Easter bunny.

 I made his Easter basket this year. It was so cute!

 For some reason, they had a purple monkey and a bumble bee there. He wasn't too sure about them but because they gave him an egg, he was willing to go up to them.

The Easter bunny wanted him to sit next to him but he would only touch his nose and then grabbed his egg and was done.

 They had some sugar cookies to decorate. He loaded it full of sugar and then ate the entire thing. He was one happy boy.

 We spent Easter in Utah this year and loved every bit of it. Eric hasn't been out there for about 3 years now and I don't think Graham remembers most of his other trips there. Graham was spoiled rotten and used his incredible cuteness to get everything he wanted. His favorite phrase was "can I have a coin?" or "can I have a twenty?" Of course it was too cute to resist, so he came home with three piggy banks and almost 30 dollars in coins and cash. As well as many toys and stuffed animals and clothes. Lets just say, it was a great trip.

Dying Easter Eggs with daddy. This was his favorite thing about Easter. He would throw the eggs in the dye before Eric had a chance to remove the other one. He would laugh hysterically every time.

Easter Morning. The Easter bunny brought some new books and jammies, some candy and lots of new trains.

Easter Egg hunt at Grandma JoAnn's. His eggs had coins in them (another source of his many coins he came home with.)

One egg from Grandma JoAnn had a $10 in it. He was one happy boy to get that.

Eric and I took Graham to Temple Square twice while we were there. He loved touching the temple doors and was really upset that he couldn't go inside. He would look at the temple and sing "I love to See the Temple." It was a moment we'll remember forever.

He loved looking at the statue of Christ. Eric was holding Graham by the statue and Graham told him, "He wants to hold me!" That got both Eric and I in tears. Temple Square was definitely a good trip to take.

One of the days there, we took Graham on the Trax train so he could ride his first train. We rode it from the station by my grandma's house to SLC and went to Temple Square again. He was in train heaven.

Temple Square round 2. All he wanted to do was see the Jesus Statue again.

Grandpa Steve wanted to take Graham to the Airforce Museum. His favorite was the helicopters and getting to sit in the pilot chair. The only thing he was mad about was that he couldn't get inside the airplanes.

We had a great trip and are looking forward to going back to Utah in May for Uncle Reo's high school graduation! Graham already calls Grandma Nene everyday to ask if he can go to her house.

March 2012

March was amazing this year! It got so warm and sunny that we spent a lot of time outside and enjoyed the weather. We even had to break out the sunscreen a couple of times from how sunny it was. I think this is going to be one amazing year!

 

 He has the longest frog legs. He is going to be so tall when he grows up

 Trying to figure out things for Graham to do lately has been pretty difficult. He is no longer satisfied with just his toys and wants to explore. I found a website online with toddler activities and we decided to try this one out. A big pile of salt, toys and a paint brush. He played with this for about an hour before he got sick of it.

 Graham was completely obsessed with band aids this month. He wore one on his forehead for a week straight before I made him take it off. The skin was all red and raw when I took it off. He's still asks for band aids for no reason but is no longer throwing fits for one when I say no.

Another project we came up with for him to do was painting rocks. He then decided it would be fun to paint his whole body too.

 Playing with the marble machine. Oscar sits and waits for the marbles to come down the track so he can grab them and run off with them. It makes Graham so mad when he takes them.

 We turned Graham's room from nursery to big boy room. We plan on getting him a big boy bed sometime in April and we still have a little decorating to do but I think it turned out pretty well so far.

 His own artwork on the wall

 The weather has been so nice this month that we've been playing outside a lot. We've loved having our Zoo pass and are taking full advantage of it already.

 He loved the Carousal. He wanted to go on it 1,000 times

February 2012

 We spent a lot of time at the Children's Museum and the Zoo this month. Graham loves going and playing with mommy and daddy. It was a pretty uneventful month but we sure had fun.