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April 19, 2000

4/19/00

This weekend was fun and not so fun. On Saturday, Alli visited the "hop" a.k.a. the Easter Bunny. Surprisingly, she didn't freak out! However, to make all the grandparents happy, she had to sit on his lap for 4 pictures. She wasn't too thrilled by #4. She's been learning about bunnies at daycare, so she was excited to see this overgrown bunny with CANDY. What more could a toddler want!? Alli also was in good spirits while getting her portraits taken. She smiled! She laughed! I can't wait to see how they turned out! The picture fairy must have been following us that day.

For the not so fun (at the time), Alli reminded me that all is not "wonderful" raising a toddler. She wasn't bad, in a sense, just getting into everything. Alli's To-Do list for the weekend:

1. Wait until Mom is in the bathroom. Search out kitchen garbage. Pry open lid and devour pizza scraps from the previous dinner. Proudly show Mom treasure trove of goodies found in trash.

2. Lick all the windows in the living room.

3. Climb up chair onto Mom's desk to find scissors on top shelf. Hear Mom screech. Take off running while holding scissors. Tackled by Mom and scissors hidden. Laugh the entire time.

4. Search and destroy the Sunday newspaper.

5. Shove play kitchen utensils into VCR.

6. While Mom is cooking lunch, open toilet lid with useless lock, and quietly place clean washcloths in toilet bowl. Do not say "uh-oh" as usual. Mom discovers washcloths at next bathroom visit. Laugh hysterically.

7. Press all buttons on stove/range. Run from kitchen once the error beep and alarm sounds. Quietly watch Mom as she frantically rips open kitchen drawers looking for the user manual to turn off constant beep. Imitate beep noise.

8. Draw on coffee table with crayons.

9. Instead of trying to drink out of Mom's pop can like usual, quickly grab can and dump upside-down. Dance in spilled pop and run through the house while hearing Mom muttering, "The carpets were just cleaned, just cleaned, just cleaned."

10. Lock Mom out of house while she takes out garbage. Start knocking on door when Mom discovers it is locked. Run to Mom with big kisses when she opens front door with spare key.

I wasn't amused by all of this when they were happening. By the next day, though, I was laughing at her antics. Definitely not boring at home! We visited the doctor again for yet another sinus infection that made her eyes/nose ooze green. Gross, yes. Fun, no. So she's on antibiotics with no problems. They gave her chewables this time and she loves them! Probably thinks they're candy. Grrreat.

Last night, Alli helped me make Easter cookies. Her helping consisted of pressing down the cookie cutter into the dough and stuffing as many scraps of dough she could sneak by me into her mouth . *sigh* Can't wait to see her response to her Easter basket!

Hope everyone is happy and healthy!

Chandra ~~+~~Alexandria