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Maggnificent Monday

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When you're two, Easter must be nearly as exciting as Christmas. We prepared Maggie for the Easter Bunny's arrival and she was up and running on Sunday, looking for those eggs "hiding candy!" The first one she found, she shook and demanded that it be opened for her inspection. And of course, not just visual inspection, but culinary as well. And the second one too. And the third. And on to the seventeenth. Somewhere along the line she started asking for multiple jelly beans out of each egg and passed the extras along to us. How generous!

We also went to a friend's house for brunch where there was a multi-kid backyard hunting bonanza. Mags left off opening each one as it was discovered in favor of finding as many as possible. She didn't catch on to the concept of carrying her own basket, so I held it for her and she would run from one find back to me to another one back to me. Until she found a soccer ball and then she couldn't be bothered with eggs or candy anymore; she just wanted to run around the zigzags of other kiddos dribbling her ball. Fine by us parents!

All in all, I'd say we escaped most of the sugar high-crash-high-crash bane of Easters (thank you soccer ball and cheesy egg casserole) and instead just had a really pleasant day. By the end we were all exhausted -- exhausted -- but happy. And today I'm happy still since Mags seems to have forgotten that her eggs came with candy and only asks for a pez after she pees. More jelly beans for mom!
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