Easter

Easter was very low-key around the Howard house this year. We headed to church, where Tanner & Hampton were in the nursery. Afterward, we came home in time for Hampton's naptime (which happens to be right at lunchtime) and we just lazily hung out until Paul & Jan came down late in the afternoon. It wasn't our normal holiday hustle & bustle, and we really enjoyed it!

Playing with one of Hamp's Easter goodies.
The bunny knew how much he loves Elmo & books!

Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday, our friends Kelly & Conner called to see if we wanted to come down to the big Easter Egg hunt in Orange Beach. We were out running errands, but we knew Hampton would have fun, so we headed down. We thought they had lots of eggs at our church's hunt, but this was WILD! They had 10,000 eggs for the kiddos to find, plus bounce houses, snacks, and more. Once Hampton warmed up to it, he had lots of fun and found way more eggs than he had found last week. And since then, he's played with them non-stop at home, so he should definitely have the hang of hunting by next year!

Conner & Hampton working on egg collecting

Happy Easter

Christ the Lord is Risen Today! Hallelujah!

We hope you have a wonderful and blessed Easter!

Wagon Ride

Hampton has a toy wagon that is SUPPOSED to be for holding blocks and for him to pull around. Of course, he has other plans for it! He is determined to sit in it and ride around, and lucky for him, his Grandpa is happy to oblige. He is really too big for the wagon, though, so we have to pop open the end where you can stack blocks so he can stick his legs out. Of course, Hampton doesn't mind in the least. He loves every minute of it, and if Grandpa tried to stop, he'd say "ok, ok" until he started again!

Whoa! It's like a roller-coaster ride!

waving to his adoring fans while saying "bye-bye"

playing in the grass

Easter Egg Hunt

This weekend was the Easter Egg Hunt at church, and we were so excited for Hampton to go....so much so that we skipped our annual HOA meeting (and we're board members)! It did not disappoint, since there was so much fun for Hampton and the other kiddies. It didn't hurt that Mrs. Ellen had rounded up over 1400 eggs for them to find! Trust us, with that many eggs, you couldn't really look anywhere without seeing lots of them! Hampton was a little interested in the eggs, but he quickly decided that he was much more interested in playing on all the playground equipment. We were perfectly fine with that, especially since the playground for the toddlers is fenced in. That way, Hamp could run, climb, and play to his heart's content. We had lots of fun, too, chatting with our friends while we pushed the kids on the swings. Too bad Easter Egg Hunts aren't every weekend.....especially when we don't have to clean up afterward!

Hamp with his hands full of eggs

nope, no eggs in here, but it's still fun to climb through a tunnel


climbing all over the playground equipment

Hampton thought he'd hit the motherload of eggs...until he was told they were for pictures!

Friday Photo