Easter

We were so happy to be able to spend Easter at home rather than in the hospital!  Now that Cannon is getting older, Ryan and I have been conscious of the details of our family traditions.  Ryan is not that into holidays anyway, but enjoys simple traditions.  I like that about him and so we are trying to keep our celebrations simple, but memorable.  Cannon doesn't know what the Easter Bunny is, so we decided to keep it that way. 

Like Christmas, I really wanted our Easter celebration to be Christ centered.  But with some fun too.  We were totally going to color Easter eggs on Saturday, but we completely ran out of time.  And we never did an egg hunt either.  Oh well, next year! 

The Monday previous to Easter, we did a family home evening lesson using our resurrection eggs that my friend gave me.  Cannon was really into it and he kept the eggs and pieces in his play area for the whole week.  I didn't have any meetings on Sunday morning and it was wonderful to be together and not have to rush out the door!  We enjoyed apple pie oatmeal for breakfast and read from the scriptures.  Cannon did have an Easter basket with one cadbury egg.  I know, that sounds so lame, but Cannon was delighted to get a piece of candy!  I have been knitting some bunnies for him and they're not done yet.  I wanted them ready to put in his basket, but ran out of time.  But don't feel bad for him.  He got candy and stuff galore from church! 

After church we had a lovely lunch/dinner complete with resurrection biscuits.  Cannon helped me make them.  Then after dinner we read the Living Christ and shared our testimonies of the Savior.  This was an invitation from our stake presidency, but I think it will be a new tradition for us.  We also watched the He is Risen video.  We called our families and then took a nice walk outside. 

And I only got two pictures from the whole day!  

Lowry Park Zoo

My friend Jodi invited us to join them for a day at the zoo.  I was super excited because this was our first time at the zoo in Tampa, which was voted best family zoo in the US.  I have to say that it did not disappoint!

Carousel

 This next part was my favorite I think!  The kids got feed the giraffes lettuce!  Cannon needed no prep and went right up like he knew what he was doing.  I was worried that he would get nervous since their big faces are right there, but he loved it!

 

They have a little petting zoo area where you can pet the goats.  As soon as we walked in Cannon went right to this fella (or fellow, not sure how to tell).  He stayed with the goat the whole time.  He said it was his goat and told any kid that came near that it was his goat.  It was so sweet to see him so loving and gentle.  Now he says he wants a goat for home.  

Cannon and Kate waiting in line for the flying bananas!

 

A long time ago Cannon and I got onto the topic of bumper boats.  Even since then he has been wanting to ride one and today was the day!  He was thrilled!  Especially since he got to drive it himself.  

 

Lastly, Cannon was able to ride the pony.  We had to wait in line a long time for this one, but I think it was worth it to him.  

We had a wonderful day at the zoo!  I also enjoyed seeing the penguins and the meerkats.  We actually didn't have time to see all the animals, so we'll have to go back another day.  Cannon felt right at home with the animals.  I think he would have done well living on a farm.