All leading up to Easter

Last Sunday I made French Onion Soup Casserole for dinner.  And here it is!!  It was delicious! 

Mom and Dad came on Wednesday night to watch Baylor on Thursday and Friday.  Baylor has been going to the sitter for the last two weeks because Lori has been too sick to keep him.  They were coming to watch him on Friday as the sitter was off on vacation and I asked them to come a day early so he could stay at home.  He is not used to going every day and it was getting harder to drop him off in the morning as he was so sad. Baylor spent a lot of time with Grandpa taking him outside and even had him give him a bath one day.  It was good to see him so attached to Dad because the first year of his life he wanted nothing to do with Dad.  Baylor was very happy to show off his pink nightgown!  And colorful stripy pants.

Saturday we made delicious brioche cinnamon rolls! It was a long process but totally worth it.  My assistant baker put the cinnamon and sugar on the rolls. 

A viola! 

He was very proud of them and ate the entire roll, right after he licked off a the icing. 

This week, still cute and in the rain!

My cousin Heather, her husband John and their son Connor came over Saturday for Easter dinner.  I smoked a turkey!!  The Easter Bunny came by early and hid eggs for the boys and they did a good job sharing them.

Heather is beautifully pregnant and is having her on Tuesday.  They have not decided in the name yet but even if they don't decide on Lucile, I will still call her Luce.  Connor wanted to call her Lucy when they found out they were having a girl and I love Luce as a nick name.  He now want to call her Bridget which is what they originally picked out.  We will find out Tuesday! 

Baylor pulled out the car and Connor took them for a spin.  Baylor had so much fun with Connor and it was really good to have them over. 

Easter morning the bunny left a nice basket on the table and Baylor was very happy to pull everything out of it.  He loved the bath paints, the bubbles and of course the chocolate.

Pap and Meme bought him a four wheeler and he loved it.  It goes pretty fast to.  I am not sure if he will ever come inside anymore. 

Baylor was so happy to see his Meme and she brought him many nice gifts, that I hope will find there way back to her house as we have a lot of toys here already.  He is very easy to shop for but eventually a house reaches the saturation point.  We are very nearly there. 

Baylor was ready for his egg hunt with his shopping cart. 

The Easter Bunny hide lots more eggs in the gardens today and we had a good time finding them all. 

The loot ended up in a bucket on the table.  We had some bigger toys to fit on the bigger eggs.  There was a lightening bug flashlight, peep puzzle, a bubble gun and some large bug chocolates. 

He brought me flowers from my garden. Molly bought me a small vase this summer for just such an arrangement.   I think it is the most beautiful gift.

Ever since the picnic table arrived Baylor and Meme have been planing a picnic.  Since it was so nice at dinner, Baylor took Meme outside for their picnic.  

Before Meme left, she read him to sleep.  He was so cute sleeping with hands behind his head.  Lori is taking him to their house tomorrow for a few days.  He will be in Meme Heaven until Wednesday.