Easter Weekend

We had quite the eventful Easter weekend at the Gibbins house. We kicked it off early with a swim in the pool on Thursday afternoon.

Reef and Jonas have really been playing well together lately. Here, they're tossing the ball to each other.

We had to cut pool time short because Jonas pooped in the pool...twice! Swim diapers are a must from now on! Late Thursday night, Troy picked up his cousin Greg from the bus station. He's spending a year travelling around the world and spent the weekend with us. The boys loved him and were so excited to wake up "Daddy's friend" on Friday morning. After Jonas' morning nap, we took our first of what we hope will be many trips to Sea World. It was a pretty crowded day and we had limited time, so we didn't see a ton of stuff this time.

First we looked at the seals.

Dad decided to let the boys feed the seals.

Then we zipped over to the otters. You can't see the animals here but look at that hair!

After the seals and otters, we decided to head for the dolphins. Too bad we didn't realize that the dolphins are right by the entrance! It was worth the walk and maybe next time we'll get to touch one. Then we hit the aquarium. After that, we headed back to Shamu's happy harbor from some play time. Of course, Reef saw the water feature and was ready to jump in, even though it was sooo cold. Jonas was NOT interested so he snacked on some raisins (they're in the hat since we didn't have a bowl!).

To bribe Reef out of the water, we promised a ride in this ferris wheel type ride. I didn't think Jonas would be interested after the carousel fiascos but he insisted on getting in and seemed to love it! It was a long ride and, as they came down each time, Reef would ask, "Are we there yet?"

Our last activity was climbing on this ship. Hopefully, next time we'll get to see Shamu and penguins and maybe do the water park.


Friday night, Reef and I decorated cupcakes for our new neighbors. He was very proud of his creations!

Saturday we attempted to dye Easter eggs. This was our first year to try this and I don't think it was very successful. First problem, Mom broke half the eggs just putting them in the pot to boil! Neither boy was very patient in waiting for the eggs to get colored in the cups. They kept trying to grab them out with their hands and put them in a new color. Maybe next year will be better.

Greg and the boys at snack time.

The Easter bunny visited while we were at church since the boys slept in and there was no time for baskets. We gave them their baskets before lunch. This fishing set was a big hit; too bad the quality was so bad that it's already broken! We'll have to find a better one.

After naptime, we finally did the egg hunt. Great fun for everyone!

The Easter bunny also brought some of those little capsules that you drop in water and then a sponge comes out. We tried those out in the bath. The capsules didn't really open on their own but the boys still had a great time in the bath.