papa rocks!

my dad & joy came over for dinner last weekend, and they came loaded with grandchildren goodies... including a new drum (it is actually pretty quiet), a very cool notepad that "paints" with water, and ethan's favorite of all the loot...... pop rocks! i think grandma joy about fell out of her chair when i said it was ok to give ethan some of this fun candy that i remember loving as a child. honestly, i thought ethan would be scared of it-- he's funny about things these days. i put some in my mouth and let him hear it sizzle first, and then i gave him a little. he loved it! (i mean, what's not to love about pure sugar? and did i mention this was at about 7:30 pm?) it wasn't long before ethan was saying, "hold please, hold please"... noooo son, you may not hold the whole packet of poprocks, but good try. :)

we really enjoyed our evening with them.... here's a sweet picture of caroline with her papa.


hope you all had a great weekend. ethan went on his first egg hunt. more on that soon...