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Aaaaand we’re screwed!

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Katie learned how to zoom up stairs today at play group!

And this was about an hour before, after we first arrived at play group…Katie was being majorly loved on by both daughters of the host. 🙂

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And this was shortly before leaving… New bows! I didn’t really want to start them this early, but damn if she isn’t adorable in them!

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Happy Easter!

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Once again, Owen loved looking for eggs! It was a bit rainy, but that didn’t dampen his excitement at all!

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Now, how did the Easter Bunny know that Owen wanted Lego minifigures? Amazingly, he got three new ones! (Unfortunately, it took the Easter Bunny eight new packs to get those three. 🙁 )

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As Owen picked up each egg from his basket, he’d say “There’s something in there!” Like he couldn’t believe EACH egg had something in it, even though he’s never had empty eggs before. It was funny.

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Oh! And before he even went outside to get the eggs, he noticed his easter basket that the Easter Bunny had hidden in the new playroom cubby. I thought he’d have to hunt and search and look high and low…and he saw it almost as an aside. Kids!

After a brief meltdown when Owen couldn’t remember where he put the bunny ears (after I’d left them on the table for the express purpose of using them after both kids were dressed), I got these:

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Easter Egg Hunt

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Today was Owen’s first honest easter egg hunt with a bunch of kids! One of the moms in my mommy group had organized a get-together with some of her neighbors and the mommy group moms. I am SOOO glad we decided to go… It was the first time Tom had seen Owen with more than a handful of kids—and it was amazing.

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This was his slam dunk:

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Tom trying to show Owen how to hit the ball:

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He did, but then that was it and he was off to the next thing:

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The start of the egg race, which was taking place to keep the kids out of the back yard while the older kids were hiding the eggs:

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Slow but steady…

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Race over, no one cared who won!

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Getting ready to go hunt for eggs!

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Rushing in! Half the kids came in each side of the yard. Owen was just thrilled—and it was hilarious because he could see other eggs while he was picking up the ones in front of him, but had a hard time actually getting the ones in front of him because he was so enamored with seeing all the other eggs that he wasn’t close to yet!

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He even braved the bouncy house (which he DOES NOT like to play in) because there were a handful of eggs inside!

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His successful haul!

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The entire gaggle of kids! I think the youngest was 2 and the oldest was 6.

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A family shot, taken by a friend. (Then I took their family shot—she’s like me and rarely is in the photos!)

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Owen torturing the girls on the trampoline with a fake snake! They were all screaming and he was just laughing and having a great time.

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Swinging the snake around. All I could think of was my mom telling me how her brother did that to her WITH REAL SNAKES when they were kids…

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Then he got all sneaky and shoved the snake through the opening in the side of the net. He was so proud of himself! What a stinker!

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Then, right as we were getting ready to leave, they were handing out popsicles. Owen didn’t want one, but then asked a little girl if he could have a bite of hers. The mom was standing there (and knows about Owen’s food issues) so told her daughter it was okay. So Owen took a bite! He didn’t love it, but at least he tried it!

Poison Control

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Well, we just survived our first Poison Control Center call (800-222-1222). And we now know that STINK FREE Urine Odor Remover is non-toxic, even though it doesn’t say it anywhere on the bottle.

It was Katie. She was upstairs with Tom and Owen while I was making dinner. Our best guess is that she knocked it over and either got splashed or she then licked the bottle or carpet.

It was my fail because I left the flip-top lid open for some unknown reason, thinking that we wouldn’t be in the upstairs living room anytime soon. It was Tom’s fail because he was roughhousing with Owen and wasn’t playing close attention to what she was doing.

We first called the 800# on the bottle and they were less than helpful. The lady that answered the phone was obviously unprepared for URGENT calls of that magnitude and pretty much said “Well, um, we’ve had it happen before and nothing bad happened. But I’d still take her to the doctor.” Then said she’d transfer me to someone who knew more about the product, but that sent me to voicemail.

So then I remembered that I had the Poison Control number in my phone (and have ever since I was pregnant with Owen) but had just never had to use it before. The woman there was helpful—even though the bottle had zero ingredient information—and was able to tell us after about a minute that the stuff was non-toxic. WHICH MIGHT HAVE BEEN NICE TO PUT ON THE BOTTLE NEXT TO “KEEP AWAY FROM CHILDREN.”

So, it was a touch scary for about 10 minutes—I was pretty sure she hadn’t ingested much so didn’t want to freak out, but we couldn’t just ignore it completely. This weekend we’re going on a major cleaning and picking up spree (since she can now pull herself up and reach things she couldn’t before)…