Here, There, And Easter

This is Mara jammin' on the neighbor's keyboard. I am sooo gonna teach this girl piano. She is mesmerized when I play at church. When she gets a chance to play, she bobs her head up and down and laughs and laughs. It's pretty much the cutest thing ever.

This stuffed animal is Mara's favorite. I wouldn't say she HAS to have it with her wherever she goes (she's too independent for that), but she certainly appreciates it when I remember to bring it with us places. And that appreciation is VERBAL. For instance, when I give it to her at bedtime and pull the string (it plays "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star"), she says "thank you," and then starts sucking her thumb (aside: it hasn't reached the point yet where the thumb-sucking stops being cute and starts being a bad habit to break).

This is my first time cutting a lobster tail. I did not volunteer for this task. But I concede it was a good learning experience.

This crab was in the garage last night and it FREAKED me out. I walked out to put Jacob's new bag in the scuba room and I heard it scuttling around. I found it by the tire, took a picture, trapped it in the recycling bin, showed it to Tycho this morning, then Jacob set it free.

And here's some Easter stuffs:

Mara and Tycho after their Easter egg haul.

About to color eggs

Finished!

Aquatic Easter egg hunt

Fell asleep that night with his prizes. And he's waving?

In the morning (Easter bunny left a trail of jelly beans to their baskets). Tycho was too excited to eat the trail, just followed it straight to the basket.

Mara, however, stopped and ate each and every one (good thing it was a short trail--just from her room to the closet).

(Mara with her mouth full)

With the loot

And aren't we cute?