More Easter

Still catching up on pictures! These are from Easter Sunday. Grady hid eggs all over our front yard for Delia. She would squeal whenever she saw one! A lot less competition than the church hunt. No candy in our eggs, though. The thrill of the hunt was enough for Delia!

She wasn't wild about going through the mud to get some of the eggs though. As soon as she had to step off the concrete driveway, she pointed to an egg under a tree and told Grady "YOU get it."

Princess tiptoes around the mud.

Nana helps count.

Easter hat! You can fill up a really good Easter basket at Dollar Tree. I even found egg shaped sidewalk chalk.

Swinging with our eggs!




Hold on!!

Fun time's over. I think we were playing our "see if you can keep a straight face" game. Hopefully soon I'll be caught up with posting pictures so that I can actually remember what was going on at the time.

First Easter Egg Hunt

Our church had an Easter Egg Hunt the Friday before Easter at the church's lake property. This was not Delia's first Easter, but it was the first time she understood what was going on at a real Easter egg hunt. She could carry her own basket and everything!

We had practiced hunting eggs at home, but Delia didn't understand the urgency of a hunt with other kids. She mostly just watched, which resulted in her getting the prize for "Least Number of Eggs." She didn't mind - she had a great time with Amelia.

There were a lot of kids there! This was the "3 and Under" area of the hunt.

2 sweet girls!

Sloppy Joe Eating Contest

Delia and I tied.

How DARE you challenge me.

Back to business.

"That's All Folks!"


Even more fun.

Dixon Photo Shoot!

Long story short, I traded some graphic design services with a photographer that just moved to town. You can see a slide show (until Sunday) at the link below:

Go to: http://www.vaneshaphoto.com/

Enter Site

Click on Clients & Friends

Password: dixon

Can you believe we got everyone ready by 9am for this? Delia ran out of gas and wanted to do her own thing after about 45 minutes, but I was very proud of her (and Grady) for holding out as long as they did.

Dinner conversation with Daddy

Delia and I got home before Melissa today, so we were taking our time at dinner and talking about all sorts of stuff. Eventually, I decided to pick up the camera because she was on a roll.


I knew all of this was going on last night, but I kept my distance. Sounded like it was between the two of them. This was the first time I heard Delia's side of the story.



Just some natural questions about all the stresses in her life.



Ouch. That was below the belt. Whether it was a request or a prediction, I am sure it was simply due to the fact that I picked up Delia from Melissa's office just an hour or so prior to this.

Easter's on it's Way

Our neighbor Cherie gave Delia some adorable bunny slippers on Sunday. She loves them and wore them to school on Monday. All day. I meant to put her real shoes in her bag, but I forgot. This picture is at our friend Craig's birthday party that evening. We practiced hunting Easter eggs this weekend and Delia just squealed when she found the first one in between the couch cushions. Maybe one day it will stop raining and warm up and we can hunt them outside without putting on our waders.

Talking, talking, talking

Delia loves for us to read books to her before bed each night. She has memorized several of them now, but one of the most impressive is the book with a dinosaur puzzle.

Delia loves her pigtails. This high-base version is particularly fun.

Along with reading, Delia loves singing. However, this crazy version was something she just decided to do when the camera was put on her.

Weekend Guests Part II

The backtrack blogging continues...

The weekend after Kirk and MarLa visited, Erica came from Chicago to spend the weekend!

She brought Delia a panda bear that we named Fuzzy and Delia looooves him.

One of the things on Erica's "Must Do in StarkVegas" list was to go to Shipley's donuts on Saturday. I don't know if I've ever had a hot fresh Shipley's AT Shipley's. It was pret-ty good. So good that I have started thinking about Shipley's at random times during the day now.

I'm pretty sure Delia had never had a Shipley's donut, so it was a special day all around! And the place was PACKED! We saw some of Delia's friends from school there, and we barely got a table. We got lucky and found one with an extra chair for Fuzzy.

Then we walked next door to The Lodge which carries every Mississippi State item that exists. Delia likes to walk around and see all the bulldogs. She picked out this hunters orange MSU hat that I did not love, so I bought her the little football instead.

Erica helped me sort through the clothes we brought back from Little Rock and it was a job!! So many piles of clothes, we almost lost Delia.

"Here I am Mama!"

That night we went to my favorite, Restaurant Tyler, who is featured in Mississippi Magazine this month! Go Chef Ty! I love you and your grits! THE grits recipe is IN the magazine!! You can read Ty's blog here and hear all about his trip to the Super Bowl and all the yummy food he ate at the Saints' Super Bowl after party.

Delia was so good! Kids eat free at Tyler, and she had a plate of yummy mac and cheese.

2 fancy dinners out in 2 weekends! Woo woo!

Sometime that month Amelia and Delia went to the Dudy Gras parade. This is when the MSU baseball fans tow their Left Field Lounge contraptions to Dudy Noble Field. Delia was scared of the fire truck at first, but when people started throwing candy from their "floats," she warmed right up.

The girls and their beads!

Mammaw

Our sweet Mammaw, Mary Louise, passed away last night. She was active and independent right up until last week and she lived to be 86. I hope that all of us can be that lucky.