I Tried

I was going to wait.

Really I was.

I tried my hardest.

But who can blame me when pictures this cute are in my possession?

The weather was (mostly) cooperating and Caden didn't have any boo-boos on his face (more than I can say now!), so we went ahead and took his two year pictures. Our brilliant friend, Courtney, once again got some gorgeous shots.

I was a little worried.

Our subject wasn't overly cooperative.

We took him to a park and he wanted to slide and swing.

We wanted to him to smile.

So Courtney captured him in his element.

Running

Laughing

Playing

Perfect

Happy Easter!

Happy He is Risen Day! We made it home from FL just in time to celebrate Easter in a BIG way! We started by dyeing Easter eggs on Saturday morning.

CP LOVED dyeing eggs. He was highly supervised during the actual dyeing part, but was able to go to town putting "stickies" on the eggs. He also loved dipping the spoon into the cup, so we gave him a cup of plain water to play in. He never knew the difference!


That evening we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at a nearby golf course. It was a little chilly, but we had such fun, can't you tell? (Are you wondering why his sweatshirt says George Fox? George Fox University is a school in Oregon that JZ works with. When we had Caden the library staff gave us this great, heavy duty hoodie. He wears it all the time and could be a model for them, don't you think?)

He really got into picking up the eggs (or "balls" as he kept calling them) and putting them into his basket. When the eggs had all been hunted he just took some out of his basket and rehunted them!

After the hunt we stayed and took part in the "Kids Eat Free" offer the golf course had - happy Mommy and Daddy!



Caden P must have been a very good boy because the Easter Bunny stopped by our house Sunday morningWhoa, what a haul! The pile on the left is from the Bunny and the pile on the right is from GaGa and Papa. Before we left for church, we gave Cade a few minutes to play with his new toys. Didn't he look so handsome in his Easter best?


After church there was another Easter Egg Hunt. They divided the kids into two groups - toddlers and big kids. The toddlers went down to the playground to hunt for the zillion eggs scattered around. Unfortunately (or maybe fortunately!) there were only 3 toddlers - Caden and his twin girlfriends Ayden and Sophia - to gather all the eggs. We have more candy than we did on Halloween! I thought CP would love this Easter Egg Hunt as much as he did the night before, but he was a little distracted by all of the playground equipment. He just wanted to go down the slide (nope, too wet) and stand on top of the playset and throw the eggs onto the ground. Nice. The girls very nicely picked up eggs and put them into their baskets. Caden threw them while making "vroom" noises. Whatever, he had fun and I got some cute pictures.

After the hunt and a yummy breakfast, we went up to Gram's house to have Easter dinner. CP got to open more presents before he went down for a nice long nap. Here are CP and Grandpa Kim putting together his new step stool that sings while he washes his hands and brushes his teeth. I love the intensity from both of them. Serious business!He also received some super cool sunglasses. As you can see they are universally cool, no matter who wears them or where you put them!

Happy Easter from Team Zahrte!

Yea, Yea, Daddy!

Finally, after 9 days in FL, Daddy arrived! Yeah!!

I really wanted JZ to get to go to th beach with us because the last time he went with us, CP was only 5 months old! Our trip did not disappoint - we all had a great time!

If you haven't already been able to tell, the beach near GaGa and Papa's house has a great park too. Sand, water, a slide, AND swings. Heaven on Earth!

Oops. Although this looks bad, I promise I got there before he hit the sand and everything was fine!

Sand + wet bathing suit + car seat = bad time. Solution - a nakey ride home!

All of that fun wears a guy (or two) out!

There was also some more swimming. Are you catching the jist of our vacation schedule?

We also drove over to Orlando to visit Mimi and the rest of the fam.

align="center">Nice face Papa, but it was too cute of Caden not to include!

The day before we left, JZ and I went down to St. Petersburg. What a beautiful city!

While we were there, we decided to explore the city - on a segway! Seriously.

We had never been on a segway before, and we got the hang of it quickly. Although I did fall of once, it was a fun way to see a new city, and I'd recommend it and do it again!

Lastly, if you ever need anything "fitsed" around your house, call Caden Paul, he's an excellent "fitser."

Eat your hearts out, ladies!

What another wonderful trip to Florida! We are looking forward to another visit around Thanksgiving and miss our family very much!