Easter Family Pictures

Easter Egg Hunt 2

We had another Easter Egg Hunt at church.  Before it started we played at the park.  I love this picture of Ava.  Pure joy on her face.

Ava was a little hesitant about the Easter Bunny.  But, I don't blame her, she was a little creepy looking, lol.  More like an Alice and Wonderland Bunny than Easter Bunny!!

At the starting line.  Ava was pumped up and excited.  After the countdown she froze again and wouldn't budge.  Finally she picked up and egg and a laughy taffy popped out.  After she saw the candy she was ALL about the hunt, lol.

Ava finally warmed up to the bunny.  Later she told me she loves the Easter Bunny!

Easter Egg Hunt

We took Ava to the Ford Easter Egg Hunt. This was her very first Easter Egg Hunt.  She was a little caught off guard in the chaos at the start, she lost her shoe, and then fell and dumped her basket out!  But after that, she was back to it and ended up with lots of eggs.  She had a blast.

Anxiously awaiting the hunt

These two..like brother and sister, lol

 

They are off!

Ava was so excited about her basket

Easter Bunny

Ava was really excited to meet the Easter Bunny.  She walked up, waved at him, and showed him her basked of eggs.  Then she gave him a big hug.  She hugged his leg for like 30 seconds, like she just didn't want to let him go.  It was very sweet.

  

Discovery Museum

At the dinosaur exhibit we also checked out the Discovery Center. It was so fun! There were several areas including paleontology, geology, astronomy, animals, microscopes, etc. Ava loved looking at everything with the magnifying glass. She kept saying, "I found a clue." Hilarious!!

Ava is holding a T Rex TOOTH!!

 

Examining fossils with the magnifying glass.

She was so brave to pet the snake.

This tree had all sorts of things in it for the kids to discover with the binoculars.  Ava spotted the bird.

 

This was my favorite thing to play with!  It's a microscope that displays on the computer screen.  I looked at my fingernail.  So gross!!

Dinosaur Exhibit

Since the hot item right now is dinosaurs, I took Ava to the dinosaur exhibit. I figured I better do it now before the next best thing comes along!

The Prairie Fire Museum is beautifully done.

Ava's Idol, Mr T Rex himself.  She looked up in wonder and said, "WOW...he has BIG teeth!"

 

This was hilarious.  The big screen had a camera of the lobby and then animated dinosaurs would walk around the screen.  Ava kept looking at the TV and then looking around the lobby trying to find the dinosaurs, lol.  In the picture below she's pointing, "There's the TREX!"

 

The exhibit was pretty cool.  There were animatronics, interactive videos, life size skeletons, and "touch a fossil" areas.

Stegosaurus

 Ava posing with triceratops.



Dinosaurs

One day, I was tired of Dora the Explorer and Little Charmers so I turned on Dino Dan for Ava to watch. Well, now its her new obsession. Dinosaurs all day long! Everyday she wants to watch a "new Dino Dan" because a new one records each day. She knows their names, she wants us to read books, and she even takes them in the bathtub and sleeps with them!

Here at the hibachi bar Ava ordered T Rex for dinner!  Not even kidding!!  The chef was great and played right along.  There he is grilling up the T Rex.

 

Dinosaur friends at breakfast

 

This was the mommy and her baby.  I've also overhead her making her dinosaurs talk.  For example, one dinosaur told another that they were "best friends."  Of course they also "roar" at each other.   I've also see her make them dance before.  So cute!  I love watching her little imagination.