Lots of pictures for everyone this week! On Thursday Einar went to his first Easter Egg Hunt at the park. Who knew that 14-month-olds could figure out how to hunt eggs and handle a basket? He was such a pro that I figure he's been practicing while I've been sleeping or something.
Then on Friday we drove up to Ventura after Jared came home from work where we could head out early on Saturday to visit Solvang. Solvang is about 45 miles north of Santa Barbara and the final destination of our aebelskiver pan quest (aebelskivers are traditional Danish round pancakes that Jared really loves). I had given Jared a choice for obtaining the aebelskiver pan from his birthday wish list; I could either order it online or we could make a little trip of it and drive up there for the weekend for a birthday trip.
We started out with breakfast at a Danish bakery and then continued to eat our way through town. Einar likes aebelskiver because they are shaped like balls and fit in his hands. We found the pan that Jared wanted and when we got home he made us aebelskiver breakfast for Easter morning. Yum. Einar joined a game of soccer that a family was playing in a Solvang park and made off with the ball a few times. The boys were very kind to let him play "keeper" for awhile. Once it looked like it might rain again, we headed back to the car to head home. Einar conked out for a couple of hours after all of the excitement. Traffic was pretty rough through LA so we got off of I-405 and took a much needed break at a great park in Santa Monica. I had packed the sand toys in the car with us and so we headed for the sand. The park was jammed full with families and we had fun just being outside. On the road again we stopped for dinner at California Pizza kitchen, where all of our appetites were satisfied, and then got back to San Clemente by 8 for Einar's bedtime.
For Easter we had a friend of ours from Gardnerville who now lives down here come over for dinner. Lisa brought along a friend, whose husband is in Iraq with Lisa's husband Mike. Mary Ann also brought her daughter Paige who is 2. We had an Easter Egg hunt out on our lawn and a yummy leg of lamb dinner.
Well, I'm off to change a smelly diaper and get us ready for a park outing. Enjoy the pictures.
