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Easter Sunday

What a cutie!  These are the little bloomers that go under her dress.  In the morning before church, we watched Jesus Christ Superstar, the musical with Ted Neeley.  Leger tradition.  :) 

The Easter egg hunt was great!  She had a blast.  The eggs were really just scattered around the lawn (not really hidden) so she just went around picking up eggs, and dropping them in favor of more interesting ones.  They had a really smart system worked out, too.  Instead of having those cheap plastic eggs filled with stuff, they used little wooden eggs that you would take back inside and trade for candy and toys.  We don't really need either of those, so when it was time to go we just gave Hollie's eggs to some other kids, which surprisingly she didn't mind!

Later, at home, we colored eggs...

We made eggs for all our family members, and again, as per Leger tradition, Jesus gets an egg, too.

A rare, self-taken family portrait.  We might professional ones...someday...

Saved the best for last!

The best (birth)day ever

We started at this little European bistro that we've been meaning to try forever.  We were not disappointed!  Wow. 

And when Hollie got a taste of that hummus, and we couldn't keep her away!

We'll definitely be back.

Next we went to the zoo, another spot we had never been and have been meaning to see.  I don't want to post captions for all of these...because I don't want a mile-long post.  I think most of them are pretty self-explanatory (ie: animals).

The gorillas were amazing!  We found a spot by the glass, and Daniel was holding Hollie up so she could see better.  One of them came up to the glass right. in. front. of us and paused there for a few seconds, and she got all wide-eyed and let out this frightened little whimper, which produced a sympathetic awww from a bunch of nearby moms.    

                           

                          

The ever-present Canadian goose, which made it's home in seemingly every exhibit.

Is your mama a llama?

Thankfully the weather was absolutely perfect, which of course meant that the place was packed, but we really had a good time.  Hollie seemed to really enjoy it, though I don't think she understood much of it.  Back at home, we ended the day with my favorite: homemade banana and oreo milkshakes. 

Happy Easter, everybody!  We are off to church for Hollie's first ever Easter egg hunt (last year she couldn't quite keep up) and this year we're fully expecting to bring home a blue ribbon (this is a contest, right?). 

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Tomorrow is my birthday.  23.  Sorry, but that feels SO OLD to me!  Obviously, 21 is young.  22 is still young.  But 23?  That's getting there. 

We have big plans (pending no rain) so we'll have fresh updates and photos here before the weekend is over.  Happy Easter, everyone!