Stuff Will enjoys!

A day in the life of Will Woodard.  The guy has quite a to do list for himself every day and he does it so well!  I, on the other hand, am exhausted yet happy as a clam I must add.  He is a pleasure, regardless of the image these somewhat incriminating pictures present!  And such a helper....just check it out!       

                                                  Helping with dinner

                                          Helping unload/load/unload/load/unload the dishwasher

Retrieving something valuable I mistakenly threw away.  Whew!   

                                                   Getting his own snack!  Impressive. 

                                                           

Throwing away old, dirty flip flops. 

Changing the paper towels! 

Sorting through the "junk" drawer. 

Checking on the laundry! 

And this....this is the little face that greets me every morning!  He brings me more joy than I probably deserve!  Sweet, busy baby. 

Eggstravaganza!

I love this!  Every year, I absolutely love this!  I understand what Easter is really all about and my kids are on their way to understanding too, but this is a seasonal tradition that I truly do enjoy.  Brings back lots of good memories for me.  I remember my mom telling me the story of how one Spring she was sitting at her desk (best elementary school teacher that ever lived) and one of her students brought her an Easter egg she had dyed over the weekend. The class went out for recess or headed off to another activity and there she was....at her desk...all alone...with that egg. She said it brought her to tears, bittersweet ones, in an instant. My brother and I were long gone - starting careers, in graduate school, etc.  All the memories of the two of us sitting at our kitchen table, dying Easter eggs just came flooding back. We did it every year, same place, same cups, same dye, until we were too old to probably be comfortable telling our friends we had dyed eggs! I totally get it now. I'll need a tissue when noone is dying eggs in my house anymore! And I can't use PAAS or any other Easter egg kit. We always did it old school - water, vinegar, and food coloring...red, blue, green, yellow and several combinations made from those four basic colors. Pretty simple, but pretty sweet!  Happy Easter!