Ewers' Easter Gift Box

This week, Dexter received a box in the mail from his Aunt Steph, Uncle Randy, and cousins Amanda, Adam, and Aaron ("the A's"). It was an Easter basket full of yummy candies, a wind-up fuzzy chick, legos, and two Matchbox cars. Opening the box and exploring the goodies brought Dexy a ton of joy. Thanks Ewers!

After playing with the chick, Matchbox cars, and legos, he got hopped up on candy and put the Easter basket (bucket) on his head. Maybe remnants of dress silly day at school? 

After I made him take the bucket off his head, he put the box that everything was packed in on his head and ran around the room. I should have let him stick with the bucket - at least he could see!

Silly Skills

Last week, Dexter's school had different theme days. Tuesday was "school spirit" day when everyone wore their school t-shirts. Wednesday was "sport spirit" day when everyone wore their favorite sports t-shirt. Dex wore a Bears shirt (the only sports shirt he owns). When another mother asked him if football was his favorite sport, he answered, "no." She then said, "Oh, you must like baseball." Dex replied, "no." Finally, she asked what his favorite sport was and he said, "Bobsled." The look on this woman's face was priceless. Unfortunately, we did not have a bobsled t-shirt for him to wear.

Thursday was "dress silly" day. This was Dexter's forte. He started planning his silly outfit three days in advance.

The silly outfit consisted of two different shoes, pants on backwards, jammie shirt on backwards, tie, and jammie pants on head. By the time he got to school, he decided against the pants on his head.

When I asked what silly things other kids were wearing, Dex said, "Nothing! I couldn't even tell that they were silly! But Miss Jill and Miss Jenny dressed so silly!"

Thoughtful Boy

I came home from a meeting yesterday to find a message by our back door. According to Ben, Dex wanted to make a sign to make Mommy feel happy when she got home from work - this was the result of their collaborative effort. Mission accomplished, thoughtful boy.

My Bologna prefers to do his welcoming in person.

Dexter and the King of the Jungle

Fun with a statue...

Fascinated by "for real".

Twist, Twist, Flap, Flap, Jump

The other night Dexter wanted to teach Mom and Dad a new dance. He explained as he did the moves, "It goes twist, twist, flap, flap, jump."

 We each gave it a go.

Dex was delighted. I think he really liked teaching us something as well as actually dancing with us.

Peacock Follower

 Ben said Dex followed this guy for a while. Dexy was so close that he was able to touch the peacock.

 The peacock was unfazed.

Just looking for some fallen popcorn.

More Than Just Animals at the Zoo

Now that the thaw is underway, the zoo is back on the roster. Daddy and Dex did some exploring.

 I have no idea what the zoo-relevance of this is.

 Resting in an abode along the trail.

Climbing like a monkey in the playground.