Easter weekend I have to say was very unusual and I blogged about it
here. There was more then just her hospital stay though! For one, Grandma and Pop pop Watson were in town and for two Corey had his first Easter egg hunt! There is video of Olivia and Corey finding the eggs and until I can figure out how to download it (again) I will but in the mean time... pictures are below.
Before it was decided that we head to the hospital Saturday evening and after the Easter Bunny, Corey and I made our annual
cake
. I opted this year not to make it with the Kool-aid frosting recipe that I used with last year's cake - way too sweet. As always, Master Corey did a great job with the decorating. Click
here to see pics of his cake and pics of him on the train at the mall.
We tried very hard to make everything as normal for Corey as possible during Rowan's stay in the hospital and the one thing I had been planning for weeks was an Easter egg hunt. Kristin and Olivia were planning to come over for dinner as well as my friend Cathy from work. I came home in the afternoon to have dinner with them and "host" the hunt. I had to be extra sneaky though because Kenneth was not able to put the
eggs
out in the morning I had to while Corey was distracted. What a big surprise it was for Corey when he saw what the Easter bunny left around our yard and as soon as Olivia arrived they were off to collect the eggs!

The best part was at the end when it cam down to the last egg (or what they thought was the last egg) and how Olivia very reluctantly gave it up to a very sad looking Corey who really wanted it and found it first but was just not fast enough.
I only wish I had that on video to see the two of them wordlessly battling for that last egg with looks and frowny faces.They eventually found several more eggs around the house and Corey even found one weeks later. As you can see from the pictures below they were still both upset and I could not get a nice picture of the two of them.
Even thought the day was broken up and Kenneth and I were separated as we took turns staying with the baby I think we made for a pleasant holiday and many funny memories.