Hoppy Easter....

So Hooray for Sequoia becoming old enough to start actively participating and enjoying things like Easter!!

Each stage of her development brings with it unique and marvelous new layers to her personality and the general experience of sharing my time with her is a very fluid dynamic that is constantly evolving. 

Two years ago we were impatiently wondering if Sequoia would ever actually decide to be born. Last year she learned to stand ... not quite walk, but stand ... just in time for Easter. 

This year though, she is walking, running, talking, joking, dancing, laughing and generally finding joy and adding life to every experience. We were simply able to set her Easter basket on the table in the sun-room and let her discover it on her own. 

 

That took about 15 seconds. The neat part about this age is that she is fully engaged in the experience, but does not yet have any preconceived ideas about what "should" happen. Example - not at all disappointed by the complete lack of chocolate in her basket, and 100% thrilled with the bubbles and sidewalk chalk.

She is definitely growing up. She looks like a big girl when she gets dressed up. She has a tremendously developed sense of humor.

I am continually impressed by how much she absorbs and retains and then how she is able to translate that information and make fairly abstract connections with ideas and concepts. They are obviously teaching her well at the daycare we send her to.

I personally believe that this is just about the prettiest shot ever of my little girl.