I started my day with a quick round of Skylanders before getting dressed and packed up to head north to Mema and Pepa’s house. Today was mulch day, which means the adults hauled around scoops and scoops of mulch while the kids had the run of the yard. “The kids” included Mitchell this morning, and we were excited to see him and play! We pretended to plant seeds and carry our garden tools around in his wheelbarrow. I laughed when he yelled at Pepa and told him “No, Pepa! Time out!”

For lunch, we hit Mema and Pepa’s new hang-out…Southside Diner. Morgan and I sat at the counter and made stacks of creamers and jellies and topped off our castles with Skylanders! I had chicken and Morgan had pancakes, eggs, and bacon (she even shared her bacon with her favorite little brother!).

After lunch, we went to go pick up another round of mulch (more mulch!?!). I got ride with Daddy and Pepa to take load back to the house and dump it. And when I say “dump it”, that’s exactly what I mean. I got to push the button that raised the back of the truck WAY up in the air. Daddy teased me and said that I was going to be in big trouble for making such a mess

After spreading out Round 2 around the yard, everyone was pooped and ready to call it a day. But, before we could totally cash out, we had a few other errands to slog through in Lafayette. Finally, we made it home with Taco Bell in hand to fill our bellies and dumb TV to fill our heads. Everyone was pretty wiped out, so we all pretty much crashed to charge back up for the big day tomorrow.

After our long trip home, we woke up on Saturday to jump in the car and head out again! We wanted to hook up with Gigi, Poppa, and the Lafayette Lawsons to swap vacation stories and Easter baskets before heading over to Mitchell’s 2nd birthday party. Between all the candy and presents we hauled home, we should have left a note for the Easter Bunny saying we were all set & to skip our house. But, that would be no fun! So, when we got back home we dyed our hard boiled eggs in all the traditional pastels and then hit the hay.

In the morning, that good ol’ bunny came through and there were baskets of goodies waiting for us in the dining room. After we sorted the take, we scoured the downstairs for the eggs that the crafty rabbit hid all over. With a breakfast of chocolate bunnies, we kept Momma company on a quick trip up to Lafayette to borrow the mower again (ours is still getting its tune-up). While there, we met up with Mitchell again for a little impromptu Easter fun of baskets, egg hunts, and kite flying.

Back at home, I put Daddy to work helping me level-up and upgrade my new Skylanders. He didn’t seem too reluctant, so now we have the new guys up to Level 7 already!

Easter Weekend

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