Easter Bunny and Egg Hunts!

Last week we went to the mall to see the Easter bunny.  Pearce was soooo excited and like always, just went right up to him and started talking away :)  The pictures turned out so cute!!!  He asked him for an Imaginext toy and LOTS of chocolate....I bet the Easter bunny will bring him those things!  After that, we rode the train.  While we were on the train, Pearce saw this big trampoline jumpy thing and said "I would do that, but I bet we don't have time to do it today."  Well, right then I decided what the heck, I'm going to let him do it :)  After the train ride, I led Pearce over to the trampoline and told him he could do it.  He just looked at me and smiled so big and said "Thank you Mommy!!!"  The operator asked him if he wanted to jump high or super high.  Of course Pearce said super high!  He had so much fun and can't wait to do it again.  After playing in the play area for a while, I took Pearce to get a big soft pretzel....he LOVES those things!  The lady gave him a hat, too :)  Then we went to Macy's for me to look at swimsuits....sweet little Pearce kept telling me how pretty I looked.  There were several Easter egg hunts going on that weekend, but I decided to try a new one at a new fruit farm called Sweet Eats Fruit Farm.  Oh my gosh.....this place was soooooo much fun!  As soon as we drove in, I couldn't believe how pretty it was with tons of big trees, lots of shade and wide open spaces.  We had about an hour before the scheduled egg hunt, so we just explored a bit.  When we were checking in, the owner asked Pearce if he liked Indiana Jones....ummmm YES!  Pearce told him he had seen all the movies and that Temple of Doom was his favorite :)  The guy just started laughing and told Pearce he could pretend like he was Indy and do the rope swing.  From that moment on, whenever he saw us, he called Pearce Indiana, which Pearce totally loved!  There were rope swings, hammocks, hay bales to climb on, a giant dirt pile that kids to climb on and dig for real treasures, a river to wade in, a petting zoo, bunnies to love on, a tractor train, a maze, a giant bounce surface, pony rides, and of course, the egg hunt.  I can't wait to take Pearce back here....all of these activities are permanent.....our new favorite place!  Pearce got a bucket full of eggs and was a happy camper.  We spent another few hours just having fun.  He could not get enough of the bunnies....LOVED holding those bunnies!!  The next day, I took Pearce to the Cedar Park egg hunt.  I thought he looked so cute in his little yellow plaid shorts.  By this time, he had his arm in a sling.....that will be the next post!  So, he had fun collecting another bucket full of eggs, but the event was really crowded and he couldn't do a lot of the other activities, so we left and went to get ice cream :)  A sweet story while we were at Baskin Robbins:  I'm always telling Pearce to smile or wave at people and that most of the time, that person will smile or wave back and he will have made their day a little brighter just by that act of kindness.  So, we got our ice cream and were sitting at our table and in walked an elderly woman.  She sat down at a table across from us while her husband went to get her ice cream.  I was busy cleaning up the table from melted ice cream when I noticed Pearce waving and smiling at her and she was doing the same back to him.  Then he said to me, "Mommy, I smiled at her and she smiled back at me."  I told him that was so kind of him to do.  We were ready to go, but before we left, Pearce stopped at her table to say hello to her.  She told me he was a "darling boy."  Sooooo sweet!  There are so many times that I see Pearce waving to people in their cars from the backseat, haha!

Rodeo Austin!

On Sunday, Chris and I took Pearce to Rodeo Austin and we had the BEST time!!!!  When we walked in, I was flooded with so many good memories of Mom and Daddy taking Ashley and I to the Arkansas State Fair every year.  We always had so much fun there...riding all the rides we wanted and eating all the junk food we wanted....nothing better!  Pearce wore his cute cowboy boots and was ready to ride as many rides as he could!  We all got the unlimited (and very expensive) ride wrist bands and rode rides together when we could and took turns on the stomach churning ones :)  Pearce was just at the right height for a lot of the bigger rides and let me tell you, my little guy is brave!  He loved all the rides, and rode them all at least twice, but his favorite was the huge pirate ship....the one where if you sit at the back, you feel like you could totally tumble out....yikes!  Pearce rode this twice....once with Daddy, once with Mommy, and the last time with both of us.  He also LOVED the fun houses and went through several of these all by himself.  He was always so proud that he made it through....and then he would head in again :)  Pearce and I rode one ride that took us WAY up high and then all of a sudden it dropped down super fast!  Chris took a video of this and it is hilarious to watch....we took a screen shot of Pearce's face and it's even funnier!  He loved it though!  After riding a bunch of rides and eating some good fair food, we went to see the animals.  The petting zoo is always a big hit with Pearce.  He even got to sit on a huge longhorn!  We watched the livestock show for a while and saw more animals and then Pearce was ready to ride more rides....just like me when I was little....loved those rides!  We had a great time together....can't wait til next year...Pearce might be able to ride the upside down rides next year :)

This was the last ride of the day.  I asked Pearce who he wanted to ride with....me or Daddy....he chose Daddy :)

Here's the screen shot of the ride Pearce and I went on.  As we were going up, I kept trying to hold onto his arm, but Pearce didn't want me to.  When we finally made it to the top, Pearce said "Ok, mommy, you can hold onto me!"  I put the death grip on him and then we dropped down super fast...look at that face!!!!!!