Easter!

Carson said the cutest thing while we were dying Easter eggs! I heard, "Oops!!" He had dropped a hard boiled egg and it cracked. He studied it for a second and then he looked at me and said, "We'll have to fix that later," and put it on the drying rack. How cute! If anyone can fix a cracked egg, it would be my Carson!

It was pretty nostalgic to be dying Easter eggs in my childhood home, to be honest. And when I went on an Easter egg hunt with Carson, it reminded me of last year when my ducks started laying all over the yard because the coop, and therefore the nesting boxes, were not finished yet. I used to grumble about having to go out there before taking Carson to school and, carrying the baby, comb the big yard and check in all of their usual hiding places. But I really did love doing it, the serene of being out in the morning sun was so therapeutic. I miss it, but at the same time, I'm welcoming a new life, and starting over again in the very same place I started out years ago.

When I told Carson about how the Easter bunny was going to bring him candy and toys in his basket, he said, "Ooooh, yeah!!!" He paused and then asked, "Why he do that?" Ha! 'Well, child,' I wanted to tell him, 'I just don't know why we do goofy things like this, but Mommy thinks it's fun so we're going to!' But instead I just fed him some bs about celebrating new beginnings since it's the beginning of the growing season and new life because all of the animals are having their babies.

So here's to celebrating new beginnings and new life this Easter.