That Mom

This past weekend Alanna and I went to two Easter Egg hunts and dyed eggs.

On Saturday morning, we went to an egg hunt at the city hall. Everyone lined up and waited to get inside. I wasn't really sure what to expect, but when we got inside after about 30 minutes of waiting in the cold (luckily the sun was shining so that helped) each child got to pick out 5 plastic eggs from a laundry basket. Then if they had yellow slips of paper they got regular prizes and if they had red slips of paper they got a big prize. The prizes were all donated by local merchants and were really nice. They had bikes, wagons, huge stuffed animals and such. Alanna got all yellow slips of paper and got a $5 bill, two Ty stuffed dogs..really cute ones, a little bouncy ball thingee, and this Big Whale Inflatable ride on toy that I think we'll give to her cousins since it's too big for her. She thought it was great fun and really likes her new "puppies".

Then Saturday evening I took her to an event at Brooklyn United Methodist. We brought a dessert to share. I made about 3 dozen different colored Jello eggs. That night I was "that Mom". I've always secretly wanted to be "that Mom". You know, the one who makes the best treats and always seems to have it together and is just envied by the other moms. The Jello eggs were an absolute HIT. They were the first treats gone and all the kids were excited about them and the moms wanted to know how I made them. It felt nice to finally be "that Mom", not that it will last, but at least it happened once.

Kinda makes up for Alanna breaking my heart the other night with "Go AWAY, Mommy!!!" Ah, the independence has begun.