Bunny Days. Funny Days.

Well, Easter was a hoot. Grandma and Grandpa came to visit and we sure did make the most of it.

A little egg coloring leading into the big bunny day.

He's trying to eat it... shocker.

We rolled right into Easter morning. Got myself a brand new hoola hoop from the Big Bad Bunny.

And a note to the Bun-Bun Man - put that on your list for Pax for next year.

Pax found his first egg.

And then it was photo time, and you know why? Well, because I was looking pretty dapper if I may say so myself.

Headed out to Nana's for more... Family Pics! Family Pics!

And then there were some a few extra shots taken. Might want to call this next one Cousins Cameo... or Eli and the Three Bears... or - just forget it.

And since it was such a beautiful day (which there are so few and far between of in this godforsaken town), we hit the outdoor activities and we hit 'em hard. A little volleyball out front and then Grandpa got in on the Croquette action with us.

Hmmm, I wonder where Grandma is? Oh, there she is - doing sprints with Mae and Sophie down the street in the wagon.

On to the annual Outside Backyard Egg Hunt.

There was lots of Easter love in the air on so many levels (not that level Nonie, get your head out of the gutter).

And then, to cap off the day, there was some horsing around.

Oh, and Pax was drinking out of Buddy's water bowl again, so there's that.

Odds and Ends

So my photo editor was going through the past couple weeks of photos and we've been up to a lot of random stuff so thought I'd share.

Mae and I went deep sea diving in the tub.

We've been doing laundry basket rides upstairs, taking turns being the driver.

Mae and I made a Six Flags theme park in our backyard while Pax took his first swing on the swing.

Paxton got his first haircut. Just a trim off the top swiping the original mohawk hair he had when he was born as it was turning into a nasty comb-over.

Pax giving himself a little comb when it was done.

And then last night Mae decided we should do our best Kermit D. Frog impersonations. As you'll see, mine needs some work but Mae might be getting a call from Jim Henson's folks soon.

Pax's Recent Goings-On

PEEK A BOO!!

Yep, it's been quite a while since I've posted something. Wanted to give you a little taste of what the Pax Man has been up to lately.

First of all, he's walking all over the place but only when he has something in front of him. So we often find him walking around pushing a chair, maybe a box of diapers, his lion (with wheels). The other morning he walked in pushing the piano bench from the living room.

He also seemingly has a favorite musician which by the look of these glasses we are assuming is Elton John.

And one of his favorite weekend morning past times of late is taking a bath in the sink after breakfast.

So on to his first bike ride. He and mom headed out the other day for his first bike ride.

Here we are seeing them off running them down the alley.

He might not look like it but trust me - he absolutely loved it.

And here I am photobombing him.

Mae's First Hawks Game

So it was time to introduce Mae to the old barn (the United Center) where the Blackhawks play. She had seen me walk out the door plenty of times and this time she was coming with us.

To get in without a ticket you have to be less than 36" tall. Mae is about 37.5" and yes, the lady at the door was very strict about her getting measured. What she wasn't strict about was the way Dad "measured" Mae up against the built-in tape measurer on the wall. Success!

We headed to our seats where Mae was actually way more into the game than I thought she would be. We got lucky because the two seats next to us were empty so Mae got her own seat and watched the entire first period of the game.

Then we went down onto the concourse during intermission looking for Tommy Hawk. He's the guy dressed in a black hawk outfit, like a bird, who bangs on the drum and everyone screams "LET'S GO HAWKS!!" No success. We didn't find him, but we found a cool Blackhawks necklace that we both loved so kind of success. You don't have to tell me, I know I kind of look like a gangster with the head tilt.

Had to show you my Patrick Kane shirt from the back. Mae had to show you... I don't know... just the back of her shirt.

As if the game wasn't fun enough, we headed for the door after the second period looking for a rickshaw. We couldn't seem to find one but as we were walking down the sidewalk a white stretch limo pulled up and offered us a ride for $20.

Where it got a little hairy was the fact that we were not buckled in and our driver was going about 50mph down Damen, very concerned that the cops saw him pick us up (limos are not allowed to scoot around the city acting like taxi cabs, big no no).

So Mae and I rolled around the back of the limo giggling like crazy and having ourselves a hoot of a time.

Mae's first Blackhawks game? Success.

St. Paddy's Day Ditty

So there is really no one else I know who loves St. Patrick's Day more than my Nana. So since it's so cool that my dad has a holiday named after him and it's all because of Nana's naming capabilities, we thought we'd write and perform this little Paddy's Day Ditty for Nana, and for the rest of you, to enjoy.

And if the above is not working you can also see the video HERE.

Twinkies

Check this out. Mom got Pax out of bed the other morning and brought him down and little did she know, until we pointed out, that she and Pax were TWINS!!

 Night before I hit up the Hawks game again with Dad.

And get this - on our walk back to the bus we ran into Harold. You remember Harold the Rickshaw Driver, from THIS POST? Well, that night we couldn't pay Harold because we didn't have any cash but he wanted to take us home anyway and said to pay it forward. So it was amazing that we could hitch a ride with him and pay him back from our last ride.

Harold had two humongous fur blankets that we had on in the back of the rickshaw to keep us warm, so of we went through the west side streets with the music blaring again - this time Prince - and Harold got us home safely yet again.