Easter

Easter started for Meg on Thursday. I took her to school and when we walked into the classroom two for her friends came running up to tell her that the Easter bunny had come to the class overnight and left eggs. The kids were giddy with excitement. Avery told Meg to check her shoes because the other kids had found eggs in them. Meg looked at me with both excitement and dread on her face. She had been told by her parents for days that if she wasn't good the Easter bunny wouldn't come. She walked over to her shoes and slowly pulled them down. When she saw one Easter egg in her shoe she was SO excited!!!! I think she was relieved :) 
We also had a wonderful Easter weekend filled with friends, family and food! The Bennett Family came and stayed with us which was nice. We did Easter crafts and had an Easter egg hunt on a very brisk morning. The Easter bunny also came to our house on Easter Sunday then we had a nice brunch with grandparents. All-in-all a nice long holiday weekend.

Zoe and Meg doing Easter crafts

The end result - beautiful eggs and a few scary looking bunnies that the parents had to help with :)

Jack, Meg and Zoe ready to get started for the Easter egg hunt

On the search - they were blind with excitement, running past so many eggs. We were still finding them two days later!

Meg loves going in the flower beds to pick the flowers, but this time she was picking up an egg!

Easter Sunday morning, Meg on an Easter egg hunt at our house. Her favourite book right now is "The Easter Egg Disaster". She was thrilled that the Easter Bunny hid her eggs in the same places as in the story!

Meg with all her loot...can you say "only child"??

Meg all dressed up for brunch

Picking flowers in the front yard

The Easter Bunny brought Meg a scooter. By Monday she was going so fast on it we had to practically jog to keep up!

Meg's First 1km Race

On Sunday April 13th, Meg entered her first 1km running race. It was part of the Cambridge Mill Race, called the "Chipmunk Run". She was both excited and nervous about it after we registered. She even asked me a few times if she could practice on the treadmill.
The morning of the race she woke up early and got her running clothes on right away. I tried to put her hair up in a ponytail for the big run, but she was insistent that a sparkling pink "moon pie" as she calls it, would be far better for running.
We walked to the school by our house where it was starting from and picked up her number and she got her face painted before it started. 
Grandma Kathi, mommy and daddy all ran the race with Meg. She ran almost the entire time, just stopping once to catch her breath. We were very proud of her and she was very proud of herself as well. She got a 'golden' medal at the finish line and wore it proudly to school the next day.

Face painting pre-race

Pre-race pose for the camera

Family shot

Meg with her medal and a big donut, which they were also giving away at the end of the race