WE WOKE UP ABOUT 3:45 BECAUSE ETHAN WAS NOT A HAPPY CAMPER, THE ONLY THING THAT MADE HIM HAPPY WAS LETTING HIM OPEN HIS EASTER BASKET EARLY. HE LOVED HIS NEW TOYS AND PLAYED WITH THEM ALL MORNING UNTIL WE WENT TO NANA'S HOUSE.
MY MOM MADE BRUNCH FOR ALL OF US AND IT WAS SO DEILCIOUS. THERE WAS MORE FOOD THEN WE KNEW WHAT TO DO WITH.THEN OF COURSE THE EASTER BUNNY CAME TO NANA'S HOUSE FOR ETHAN, RYANNE, JACK, AND NEW BABY CARROLL. WE SAT AROUND AND HAD A NICE RELAXING DAY AS A FAMILY. WE ATE A LOT AND THE KIDS PLAYED WITH THEIR NEW TOYS. THEN WE WERE OFF TO KEVIN'S SIDE OF THE FAMILY.
KEVIN'S GRANDMA HAD EASTER DINNER AT HER HOUSE THIS YEAR. OF COURSE THE EASTER BUNNY HAD STOPPED AT HER HOUSE (GREAT GRANDMA) AND JANICE'S HOUSE (GRANDMA) FOR ETHAN AS WELL. HE GOT SO MANY NEW COOL THINGS, I AM AFRAID KEVIN AND I PLAYED WITH THEM MORE THAN HE DID. AFTER BASKETS IT WAS TIME FOR THE EASTER EGG HUNT. THEY DO THE KIDS FIRST AND ONCE THEY ARE DONE THEY DO AN ADULT HUNT, AND MAN DOES IT COMPETITIVE. KEVIN AND I MADE OUT PRETTY WELL, FOUND MOST OF THE EGGS THAT HAD MONEY IN THEM AND LATER PUT THAT IN ETHAN'S PIGGY BANK. THEN THEY HAD A TON OF FOOD AS WELL, IT LOOKED LIKE THEY HAD COOKED FOR A ARMY. I WAS SO FULL, I HAD JUST SPENT THE ENTIRE DAY EATING.
I ENJOYED EASTER WITH BOTH FAMILIES, BUT I HAVE TO ADMIT THE WHOLE DAY I WAS LOOKING AROUND US AND THINKING HOW IN THE WORLD WILL WE BE ABLE TO DO THIS WITH ETHAN WHEN HE IS OLDER? HOW WILL WE BE ABLE TO GO TO A FAMILY EVENT WITH ALL THIS FOOD, SODA, AND CANDY? HOW WILL I EXPLAIN TO HIM THAT ALL THE OTHER KIDS GET CANDY IN THEIR EASTER EGG BASKETS, BUT HE CAN'T HAVE ANY? HOW DO I TELL HIM WITH SO MUCH FOOD LEFT OVER THAT HE CAN'T HAVE ANYMORE?
WHO KNOWS WHEN ETHAN WILL HAVE FOOD CRAVINGS (IF EVER) , BUT ONE THING I DO KNOW IS WHEN THAT DAY COMES I WANT TO BE PREPARED. I WANT TO HAVE OUR OWN TRADITIONS ON EASTER AND HALLOWEEN THAT DON'T INVOLVE CANDY, I WANT TO BE ABLE TO FIGURE HOW TO STILL CELEBRATE HOLIDAYS WITH FAMILY WITH OUT HAVING TO WORRY ABOUT THE FOOD.
WE ARE LUCKY TO HAVE TWO FAMILIES THAT LOVE ETHAN TO DEATH, AND UNDERSTAND THAT THIS STUFF IS LIFE THREATENING TO ETH AND IT ISN'T JUST LIKE YOU CAN GIVE HIM TREATS LIKE GRANDPARENTS OFTEN DO. WE ARE LUCKY THAT NO MATTER WHAT CHANGES WE HAVE TO MAKE TO ENJOY HOLIDAYS WITH OUR FAMILIES THAT OUR FAMILIES ARE WILLING TO MAKE THOSE CHANGES WITH US. WE UNDERSTAND THAT ETHAN'S "REQUIRMENTS" ARE OFTEN A LOT TO ASK OF PEOPLE, BUT WHEN IT BECOMES SOMETHING THAT IS THREATENING TO THE LIFE OF OUR CHILD WE WILL DO WHAT EVER IT TAKES.
HERE ARE SOME PICS FROM EASTER WEEKEND......
SORRY NOT SURE WHY SOME ARE SIDEWAYS
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