Easter was Great. . . continued

More on Easter and why I loved it. . .

Kate loves her puppies and loved to talk about "Snicks", as she called him. She was a little scared, so we kept telling her that Snickers is a nice dog. Now whenever she sees a dog she tells me "Nice. Dog. Nice Dog."

Our kids have just been on a great behavior streak. For that I am really thankful. Someone told me that kids are often on a 6-month cycle, which has me calculating whether our long road trips this summer with the kids will be good or bad memories. I'm praying Ethan has reached a new level of maturity, or that we have figured out how to be effective parents to a 3-year-old.  Is that possible?

Anyway, the kids ate great (they ate large portions and they ate healthily--was this because they felt like behaving nice, or did this cause the nice behavior?). Also, Tim took a lot of time to play with Ethan. . . puzzles, reading books, playing ball. Even if the rest of us were still eating, Tim would go play with Ethan if Ethan had eaten well and asked nicely. I think Ethan loved the positive attention, and I loved some time to sit and relax without the stress of a whining child. It was such a goooood feeling.

Here is Tim with his little niece (her mama made that cute dress):

Here it is. . . Ethan eating good food and daddy spending time with him. Food, books, and time with a good man. . . what more could a kid want?