Happy Easter 2015

I've never really put an emphasis on the Easter Bunny.  I haven't talked to Bobby about the Easter Bunny coming to our house and filling up his basket for many, many years.  I'm sure that I did for the first few years of his life, but haven't played this up for years.  I do always get Bobby an Easter basket filled with goodies, but I don't have it setting out when he gets out of bed and make a big deal out of it, instead I typically give it to him after we are up and have had breakfast or even after Grandma arrives for dinner.  Since Grandma has retired, Easter dinner has moved to her house and I honestly planned to take his basket to her house so that he could open it with our family around.  I take him to see the Easter Bunny every year at the mall, but only because they have a special autism event every year.  If not for this, I would totally skip seeing the bunny.  Don't get me wrong, I love Easter, but Bobby has not shown any interest in the decorations or any other aspect of the bunny part of the holiday other than playing with the grass that lines his Easter basket....his favorite tradition of Easter!!

This Easter Bobby has a horrible cold, which is made even worse at bedtime when he gets much more congested while laying down.  He woke himself up at 4 am on Easter morning because he just couldn't breathe.  I got up and gave him another dose of cold medicine, the wonderful night time version that helps with sleeping.  Well, it worked perfectly at bedtime, but at 4 am it was like giving him an upper.  He was AWAKE!!  Yippee, have I told you how much I love getting up at 4 am??!!! He ran around and played, I turned on an Elmo movie for him so that I could nap a little.

Finally around 8, I got up for the day and came into the kitchen to get some coffee, a drink that I only have on these types of days.  Bobby came up to me, looked me in the face and said something.  I replied, "what?" and he repeated it again....with PERFECT diction.  With my mouth open, I said "OK" and went upstairs to talk with Daddy, who was still laying in bed.

Me (to Daddy):  "Bobby just came up to me and said 'Easter Bunny.'"
Daddy:  "What?"
Me: "I know.  He said it twice, perfectly."
We just look at each other with confused looks on our faces.
Me:  "I think he knows it's Easter and he wonders where his basket is and did the Easter Bunny come and see him?"
Daddy (smiling):  "Awesome!  You did get him a basket, didn't you?"
Me:  "Of course!"

They may have discussed the Easter bunny at school last week, but we never once over the weekend (or anytime this season) talked about Easter or the bunny with Bobby.

So Daddy entertained Bobby upstairs for a couple of minutes and we got him dressed in some pj's....he's a little to old for underwear pictures!!  LOL!!  I went and got his basket out and we were ready for Easter Bunny fun to begin.

Bobby immediately sat down and began opening the basket, not even waiting for my prompts to stop so that I could get a picture before he began.....what a difference from years past!!!

 A new doggy and an Elmo video.

 Look at Mommy.....fine, don't look at me!!!  LOL!!!

 What else is in here????

 Whoo hoo, a sucker!!  Let's get this thing opened!

 Coolest ring pop!!!!  Look at me with your Bunny Face!

He loved his new dog more that I would have ever anticipated.  He named it "Zoi doggy."  Wonder where he got that name???  He held the dog all morning long.

 Of course, he had to show off his new born to the rest of the tribe, very Lion King-esk!!

 Zoi got a new doggy bed for her Easter gift.  Bobby took Zoi puppy over to the bed and they laid down to watch the Christmas episode of Blue's Clues....a very Eastery thing to do!

The original Zoi eventually got to use her new bed while we got ready to go to Grandma's house for Easter dinner.

 Zoi and Zoi puppy hanging out together.  Soooooo sweet!!

 I took the ham out of the oven, packed up our things and off to Grandma's house we went.

Grandma was ready for us!!

After we ate dinner, we headed outside for Bobby to play.  The sun was out and the temps made it into the 60s.  In was warm and wonderful in the sun, a little cool in the shade.

 I'm a lucky girl, just look at these two cuties!!

 Bobby has been dying to go up and run around in the top part of my Mom's yard, so we finally gave in and he happily ran around up there for a long while and did a great job of staying in the yard.

 YIPPEE!!!!!!!!!!

 Go Bobby Go, get out some of that energy.  Fun thing is, the longer he was outside, the less congested he became.  As soon as we went in, he was coughing and yucky again.

 Posing for an Easter picture with Grandma Carolyn.  It's hard to believe that they are almost the same height.

 Grandma decided to take him to met her neighbor, so she took Bobby for a little walk next door.

Loved these funky tulips when I saw them in the store, so we got them for an Easter gift for Grandma.

 Me with my wonderful boys for an Easter pic!!

 Grandma even had an autism awareness wreath on her door in honor of autism awareness month.

 These two crazy kids were hanging out in the yard together.  Perfect time for me to get a couple of more pictures of the two of them.

 They sure look like they are deep in conversation!

 Come on Grandma, do duck face.........

 My mom has a cement roof on a shed behind her house that is built into her back hill, which makes it look like Bobby is playing on her roof.....because I would definitely allow that type of play to happen!!!!!  LOL!!!

We had a perfect Easter at Grandma's house and even got to play outside for a while longer when we got home.  Another day off of school on Monday and then back to our normal schedule!!

Happy Easter!!!