Happy Easter Landin!

The Easter Bunny brought Landin a basket full of candy and tattoos and an UGLY DOLL. His UGLY DOLL came with the name "Bop & Beep". It has two sides, hence the 2-names. The blue side is "Bop" and the green side is "Beep".

UGLY DOLLs are a weird line of stuffed animals that are..... well.... ugly... which is appealing in a play thing for a boy of Landin's age and maturity level. "Soft and huggable, Uglydolls make great naptime companions and, unbelievable though it is in this age of mass-production, every single pillowy creature is carefully handmade by skilled Chinese artisans." He loves this thing. (And I KNEW when I saw it in the Firecracker gift shop in Seattle that he would love it).

Landin had a blast this Easter hiding the eggs for Ryder and Mazlow to find. He took so much pride in his hiding abilities, it brought back neat memories from my childhood of hiding eggs for my little sister to find. We would take turns hiding them for one another over and over and over.

Landin was really cute, rushing around hiding egg after egg until he was out of breath. And then breathless, he would barge into the kitchen where Ryder and Mazlow were waiting for the word to start the hunt - - and Landin would announce "READY!" Then the hunt was on. Landin would follow Ryder closely and couldn't help himself from giving clues as Ryder got closer and closer to a hidden egg - - "Warmer, warmer... you're burning Hot!" He would work Ryder up into a frenzy (as if Ryder needed any help in that department), and then they would celebrate together when Ryder finally found the elusive egg Landin was leading him to.

This is the kind of JOY we revel in everyday as Landin grows into his role of big brother.