Just Photos!

This was the first time since we’ve had Eva home that we’ve been able to be in our (back)yard enjoying the weather.  It’s all about the pictures....Enjoy!! 

Franklin Park Conservatory

Last Friday I went out with a new friend, Amy, to the Franklin Park Conservatory. She adopted a little boy from Ethiopia. In fact, Eva and her son are just 2 months apart. Both Eva and I really needed to get out of the house. The cold mixed with all the rain made for quick cabin fever. We met up around 11 in the morning. And just had a great time. For all the years I have lived in Columbus, I had never been to this place. Just beautiful. We strolled around for a little bit and then went to the butterfly exhibit. Eva had so much fun watching the butterflies and checking out all of the plants and flowers.

Then we went to the Palm House and let the kids out at the fountain. It was a great place for them to splash in the water and stretch their legs a bit.

After being there for quite a while, we went back through the butterfly exhibit and stopped and watched the fish for a while before looking at more butterflies.

Eva and her friend Tesfa - My friend Amy jokes that Eva & Tesfa will get married one day 

Afterwards we went out to lunch and then called it a day. It was a great day at that!

Easter Egg Hunt

Although I wanted this Easter to be really special for obvious reasons, the truth was that the day of Easter was a regular day in our household. John works a particularly long day on Sundays and Easter was no exception. At first I thought about taking Eva to church but after talking with my Dad about it, it seemed that that might be just a bit overwhelming for her since it would be her first time in our church (our church has about 5000 members). So we stayed home and it was business as usual.

Later that week though we did an Easter egg hunt for Eva at home. After dinner, while John was giving her a bath and getting her ready for bed, I got all the little plastic eggs together and put them around our dining and family rooms. I also put together her Easter basket.

Once John brought her  downstairs, we showed her where the first egg was and she was off to the races after that. She heard those jellybeans in those eggs and she didn’t need any more instruction!

Eva decided to sit down for a spell and enjoy some of her jellybeans. I don’t know if you can see it, but my girl is drooling BIG TIME!!

She found the last couple of eggs and then we gave her her Easter basket and a couple of new toys.

Afterwards Eva & I shared a bowl of ice cream and then it was off to bed. It was so great to see her enjoy herself. That was all I wanted.