easter weekend

this weekend was an awesome weekend. we went down to go visit some family and it was nice being able to see and spend time with them. it's been a while. i got to relax and hang out and cook and i took bryanna to a park and we fed the duckies. she had a lot of fun. she ran around and rode her scooter that i brought down with us. gosh it was a blast. anyway, on easter i put bryanna in the shower then went outside and hid 56 eggs! that took two bags of jelly beans and a bag of chocolate eggs to fill all those. tons of candy for her. when she got out of the shower i got her dressed then went and looked for the egss in the front, side and back yard. she hasnt been easter egss hunting sice she was two, so i dont think she remembers the feeling of gratitude you get when you find all of the easter eggs. i only had to play hot and cold with her on a few eggs that i hid well, but other than that she found the rest. its amazing to sit back and watch your childs face light up over the smallest of things. well; they're a big deal to her, but you know. i remember back when i was a kid how important easter egg hunting was for me, but i had my brother and sometimes a whole lotta cousins to compete against.... bryanna got all the eggs for herself. i dont think she would have ejoyed it as much if she had to compete against someone else. she is a sore loser sometimes. i think she might be high maintenence when she gets older. poor fella who meets her huh? but anyway, she had tons of fun and that made me smile.

then after all was said and done i was sitting in a chair looking out into the back yard and i saw an opossum walk across the top of the brick fence. i immediately got up and got my camera out and then as soon as i turned to go out the back i saw another one, but this time it was GINORMOUS!!! i turned on the camera and slowly went out into the back. (now i have seen possums before, but only at night. i dont think i have ever seen one at 1 in the afternoon). i slowly made my way out into the middle of the yard and by the time i had gotten to that pot, they were behind the hibiscus and trying to make their way into another hiding spot for the day. but i did manage to get a picture of one. its not a good one, but oh well.

i didnt get back unti very late last night and when i came back.... i found that the slugs had completely diminished my marigolds! so i am going out to go buy some sluggo today. wooooowhoooooo!