I feel like a broken record this week repeating how my allergies are causing me all sorts of fun issues. Yesterday was a GORGEOUS day and even though my sore throat/cough/voice complications kinda made me want to just sit on the couch all day - I forced myself to do stuff outside. We went to an Egg Hunt/Brunch at a local grocery store where every time I opened my mouth to talk, someone did a double take because the weird voice I have now DOES NOT BELONG TO ME. I scared a few kids and possibly the Easter Bunny. BUT - did it matter? No. Because NikkiZ loved every second of it. She thought the entire concept of eating lunch with the Easter Bunny was cool. LilZ and I had been prepping her for this brunch because she knows this Easter Bunny. This Easter Bunny has been to our house and sat in our car! Surely she wouldn’t be afraid of her!

But she still was. For a little while. Then she warmed up to her quite a bit and even let us take a few pictures of her. I think it was hearing the Easter Bunny talk and then thinking, Hmmm. That voice is familiar…. She found two eggs and about had a heart attack when she realized there was candy inside of them! Like hunting for the eggs wasn’t enough fun - then you get CANDY? It’s her new favorite holiday, Easter is.

OMG. There’s CANDY in here. Does Mom know?

That wore me out but it was only 10:30am when we were done and I was determined to cram in as much outdoor activity as possible on our first truly Spring day of the year. We went up to the Green Mountain Nature Trail which is a favorite haunt of ours. It was just NikkiZ and I but we had a blast playing in the creek and walking around the trail. (Who am I kidding? Like she was walking…) She played in the mud and threw rocks in the water. She had a blast.

I’ll give you this ONE smile. Then it’s back to the rocks.

We came home for the day and on the way home NikkiZ was on her fake phone telling Daddy about how much fun we had. She was all, “We played in the mud…and threw rocks…” and she would break to take a bite of cracker and then keep going, “and saw some goose…” Then suddenly? I realized she was quiet. She stopped talking mid-sentence and her break seemed longer than that of a cracker bite. I looked in the rear view mirror and saw this:

She fell asleep while eating the cracker. I think the day wore her out. I know it did me. And even though I was up all night last night coughing again…I’m still looking forward to another day of activities. Weekends like this are what weekends were made for. Fun. Sun. And Candy. Amen.