Bunny Cake Preparation

While Dex and I were busy coloring Easter Eggs, Ian and Elissa were at work baking and decorating the Bunny Cake for our Chicago family Easter celebration.

We always think of Kim who introduced all of us to the Bunny Cake.

Egg Decorating Production

Dex and I spent the day before Easter decorating Easter Eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide.

This was the first year that Dex wanted to use the wax crayon.

I was thankful that Dex didn't get any dye on the t-shirt that Ben and I brought back from Austin for him.

Rocket Day False Advertising

I just got the photos from Elissa so this is just being posted even though it happened about a month ago...

Elissa had heard on the radio about a "family friendly" Rocket Day event at a suburban library and talked with Ben and me about us joining her and Ian for it. Unfortunately, it was a Saturday and Ben was working and I was trying to catch up on work. Elissa, being the lovely human being that she is, offered to take Dex along with them so he wouldn't miss out on the excitement of the rockets.

I got a call from Elissa a few hours later letting me know that the Rocket Day "event" was actually a powerpoint presentation about the technical aspects of rockets (you can imagine the crowd at that - Ian and Dex were the only kids).

 The boys sat quietly for a bit in the audience until Ian turned to Elissa and asked, "What are we doing here?" Good point, she thought, and ushered them out of the presentation to the donut table.

They enjoyed some library powerpoint presentation donuts comfortably seated on the floor.

Shortly thereafter she took them to a nearby playground. Just look at how happy they are to be away from Rocket Day.

Dexter and Daddy's Cookie Factory

Ben and Dexter made dozens of Easter cookies for Dex's school party and for our Easter celebration with Elissa, Ian, and Jason.

Dex shepherded Ben through the process (Dex has had more cookie-baking experience than Ben), letting him know that they need to sift flour onto the marble surface before rolling the dough.

I wanted to suggest that they put the same type of cookies on each cookie sheet so that they would bake evenly but I held my tongue. As a result, they ended up with a few "overdone" smaller shapes.

 Flour, flour everywhere!

Finished!

"Daddy, Write This Down"

Dex has been asking Ben to write down the spontaneous stories he dictates. I found this one from February about Handy Helper Glove while I was cleaning the house last weekend. Yup, cleaning happens about once every two months in this house these days.

Happy Passover

We were honored to be invited to Elissa's family's Passover Seder this year. Dex loved playing with Ian and his cousins. As we sat at the table, Dex asked me, "Can I sit next to Ian's girl cousin?" He ended up between Elissa and Ian.

Even though Dex got a little antsy through the Seder rituals ("When do we eat?" "Are we done yet?"), he managed to keep it together.

Interactive features such as Face Time with Jason's parents and the plague masks helped keep Dex engaged.

It was nice to see all the kids participate actively in the Seder. Elissa's sister, Jessica, led the hunt for the afikomen and Dexter's prizes for finding his included the book, "Big Words for Little People." He has read it every night since.

Dexter ate his weight in matzah, matzah ball soup, and meatballs. The food was delicious, the table looked beautiful, and the company could not have been better. Happy Passover.

Daddy Gets Down with the Silly

As Ben was helping Dex get ready for bed, the two of them got distracted by the Ewer's Easter gift packaging. Dex wore the basket (bucket) and Daddy got to wear the Goldfish box.

Dex upped the silly factor by putting a construction hat on top of Daddy's box head and his jammie bottoms on top of his bucket head. I was wondering what was taking Dex so long to get dressed for bed!