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April 2010- Pecos had a fun time this Easter. It started with an Easter egg hunt at church the week before Easter. Here he is with his little harem of girls from church. This was the first year he was really "in" to the whole egg hunting thing. Previously either he didn't catch on or just wasn't interested. But this year he was really eager to fill his basket with eggs. I suppose I should have tried to cinch up his jeans and belt a little tighter, what with all the bending down that is required of egg hunting. So here is this year's HAPPY KEESTER photo.Next it was on to baking and decorating sugar cookies with Oma. Was he making cookies or a mess- you decide. Either way, in the words of Pecos it was "a whole bunch of fun!"

Dyeing eggs is always fun. I stripped him down because I knew there would be some ruined clothes if I didn't.

He took his job VERY SERIOUSLY.

Here's the results:

The Easter Bunny left a basket full of goodies for Pecos.

And even hid some of the eggs out in the yard for him to hunt. Egg hunt #2, this time in his cowboy hat and Indian shoes (another souvenir from the authentic roadside joint in New Mexico).

Pecos even got all dressed up for Mass on Easter Sunday. Well, to him it wasn't necessarily dressing up, it was just dressing like daddy that mattered. And for the record, this is not a maternity dress I'm wearing so if you see me wear it again after the baby is born don't think I'm depressed or wishing I were pregnant again. It just happened to be one of the few things in my closet that was big enough to cover my massive belly but still look nice enough for church.

Sunday afternoon it was off to Oma & Opa's for more fun. Pecos had fun busting cascarone eggs with Uncle Duke.

Then it was egg hunt #3, with Uncle Duke in hot pursuit. Pecos declared himself the winner.

After all that we had time to head down to the river and do a little fishing. Uncle Duke is an expert fisherman and he showed Pecos how to catch a mudcat.