We dyed eggs last weekend for Easter – turns out it’s not that great an activity for an almost 2 year old. She can’t balance the eggs on the dipper, can’t hold a cup of dye without spilling it, and doesn’t like to get dye on her hands.  We should have gone with rabbit sticker decorations – that would have been a hit.

The annual Rose Family Easter Egg Hunt happened last weekend and Kaya discovered jelly beans!  She is good at seeing the Easter eggs if she’s looking in the right direction, but she’s pretty bad at changing the direction she is looking in order to find more eggs.  After however many years of solo Easter egg hunting with Tommy, it was quite refreshing to have a new participant.

Although I dream of one day going to see the fields of tulips in the mid West (Iowa I think?), we will settle for the Duke Gardens this year.

Yesterday we trimmed a bunch of shrubs in the yard in the unseasonably cold and windy air. We still have a lot of work to do, but as you can see I need frequent breaks during yard work.

Grandma Barbara knows the way to Kaya’s heart is through Elmo clothes. Thank you!

I made Kaya a tiny bowl with ketchup to dip her fishsticks. She prefers to just drink the ketchup. Yuck.

The best way to settle a fussy toddler is offering a banana milkshake.

Durham has a great local food scene, with many great options of farm-to-table cuisine. Sometimes even mixed with humor.