Easter 2009

Andrew had quite the eventful Easter weekend. The day before Easter we went to Lindon Utah for a Merrill family Easter party. Unfortunately it was raining so we had an indoor Easter egg hunt. Drew being the youngest of the kids (not including some newborns) was able to go hunting first. He took advantage of the head start and found some good eggs (some had dollar bills in them!). For Easter Drew had a egg hunt in the back yard. He found all 27 eggs! He also got a rocker pony that plays sound as you rock on it. His friend Ella has one and he loves it, so it seemed like a good Easter gift.

The week before Easter we had Caitlin (Josh's sister) come spend her Spring Break with us. Hopefully she didn't get too bored hanging out with us.

Mister Big Boy

Since the last blog Drew learned how to thrust himself out of his crib. It is quite the fall and luckily he was fine, he didn't even cry. That said we decided it was time to convert his crib to a toddler bed. This has turned out to be quite an adventure. He loves the new freedom of being able to get in and out of his crib. He has tested this freedom at 2AM, 3AM, and other random times at night. He also now like to wake up around 6:30 every morning and run around. We have tried to combat this by closing his door in the morning, but he is content to read his books in his room. Also he has fallen out of the toddler bed a couple of times so we decided to pad the floor with thick blankets directly under the opening of the toddler bed. This has been an adventure for all parties involved, and I fear the adventure is really just beginning.

Your Baby Can Read

This is the reading set that we have for Andrew. Actually, the one I found a picture of is much more involved than what we have. We got the videos and a few of the word cards (the ones you see Andrew reading) in the set a year ago from Josh's mom for Christmas from Usborne at a decent price but I don't see that they are selling it anymore! So, I would recommend if you are interested in the videos, that you would do a search on Amazon or Ebay for the videos/cards that you may be able to get it for a better price. We have fun with it. I'm thinking about orders the 82 Double-sided Word Cards for Drew, because he seems to know many of the words on the cards that we have now! Leave a comment to let me know if you try it out with your kiddo(s)!