Easter blessings

Yesterday was beautiful - a perfect Easter Sunday. Well, unless you're talking about Benjy's morning. Camden was up and ready to hunt for his Easter basket at 6:30 a.m. Benjamin was mad as a hornet and wanted nothing of it. He just wanted to curl up and close his eyes and sleep. So we let him. As we followed the trail of eggs the Easter bunny left leading to our basement, we could hear Benjy crying - yelling. He was miserable. Why we don't know, but he was very unhappy. We continued on our search for the baskets, and Camden was so excited to find them in the clubhouse. He immediately tore into his, examining his new chocolate bunny, a Madagascar Leap Pad book, a mini Lego kit, and a few more goodies. Curt decided to check out Benjy's cries while Camden and I played with the Legos. By the time Curt returned with Benjy, he was still crying, and not even his Easter basket filled with things he loves would cheer him up. He finally settled down after about 20 minutes. Strange. We have no idea what's wrong, just that he's incredibly irratible, not himself at times. Thankfully, the rest of the day was much smoother.

Both boys were absolute angels at church, where we had no church school due to the holiday. They sat, read, colored, and kneeled like perfect little Episcopals. :) After church we decided to have a picnic, so we found a wonderful playground where Benjy slept for 30 minutes in the van, Camden made a rock angels (think snow angels!), and the boys begged to be pushed higher and higher on the swings. Nearby was a field full of brown cows mooing. A perfect afternoon.

This morning it began again. Benjy vomited a couple of times. I got him a doctor's appointment where we learned he has a slight bit of fluid behind one ear, but that was it. I decided to nix the antibiotic and just wait and see what happens. Could this be growing pains??? Mom suggested that. I hope that's all it is.

OK, that's it. You're wondering what my blessings are???
* Camden made a beautiful Lego church the other night and told us he prayed for God and Jesus to come visit it. So sweet.
* Then tonight he yelled and kicked with the best of them in karate class. That's a great outlet for him, and the respect and discipline he's learning is the icing on the cake.
* Benjamin loves to snuggle, still. He will sit and giggle, kiss, do "cheers" with his juice, and hug forever. Love that feeling!
* Curt supports my decision to leave KinderCare. I feel somewhat liberated now that I've made my decision and submitted my letter of resignation. Ahhhh. Not on with the rest of my life.