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Dancing and quacking, but not necessarily at the same time

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Sam's been starting to talk a little more. New additions to his vocabulary include "quack," "hoot," and "monkey," although of these three, only "quack" (or "kaack, kaack," as Sam would have it) has been making repeat appearances. He can also shriek like a monkey, which is considerable more adorable in theory then in practice. Sam is constantly adding new words to his vocabulary, but he frequently seems to think that once he's mastered a word he need never say it again, leading to a rather limited vocabulary. His favorite word continues to be "dada," which he utters during moments of delight, sorrow, boredom, or what-have-you.

Yesterday we went into DC to see the cherry blossoms, most of which had blown away. Still, it was a gorgeous day; just the perfect temperature and not too crowded. We did some photos at the Jefferson Memorial, and here you can see Sam practicing his ultra-suave moves. He performed an interpretive dance regarding everyone's favorite founding father, focusing mainly on his love of stomping grapes.

friends

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Our dear friends came to the MOMS club Easter Egg Hunt yesterday. Here's a quick shot of Sam and his buddy Oiivia. He loves his big girls. They loaned him a basket for his eggs, and showed him what was what. After the eggs were all picked up there was much trading: Sam gave Olivia a pair of earrings in his egg (well, I was the one who made that call) and her sister Leah gave Sam some Spiderman stickers in her egg.

At the beginning of the morning it was terrifically windy, so much so that I was worried about Sam keeping warm. But the hunt itself was in a sheltered spot on a lawn behind a building, and the wind rather cooperatively died down right as we were starting. It wound up being a perfect day--not too warm, not too cold. Just the right temperature for little kids to run around (and around and around and around ...). All in all, a pretty perfect day.

easter egg hunt

easter egg hunt
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Yesterday we went to our MOMS club Easter Egg Hunt, which was really more like an Easter Egg Rout--within 5 minutes all the eggs were gone. But all the kids got at least a few eggs in their basket, and everyone seemed happy with the little prizes inside. Sam had a ball--he's been very into picking things up and putting them in containers lately, so this was right up his alley. In fact, as the weather continues to get nicer, I may stage some egg hunts of my own in the front yard.