Video dump

A few notes on this one.  Dillon repeats you if he doesn't understand the question.  Library candy = peppermints. At the end, I cut it off, but he says, "No!  Mommy is a lady."





Notes: cousins live in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates.  Today, Dillon practiced the word "emirates" A LOT.  Uncle C lives in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.  In January, our in flight magazine had a feature about Dubai.  Our seat mates were very impressed that my two year old knew that Dubai was, "..by Abu Dhabi!"



Note: Dillon loves candy.

Follow the Prophet

Me:  Dillon, there's President Monson.  Say President Monson.

Dillon:  President Monson.

Me:  Good. President Monson is the prophet!  Follow the prophet [referencing the song he sings in nursery at church].

Dillon:  Yes.  Follow the Prophet!

President Monson:  ...One morning, Danny and I decided we wanted to have a campfire that evening...We just needed to clear an area in a nearby field where we could all gather the June grass which covered the field which had become dry and prickly, making the field unsuitable for our purposes...We pulled and tugged with all our might but could only get small handfuls of the stubborn weeds.  We knew this task would take all day and already our energy and enthusiasm were waning.  And then what I thought was a perfect solution came into my eight year old mind.  I said to Danny, "All we need do is to set these weeds on fire.  We'll just burn a circle in the weeds." He readily agreed.

Dillon:  Follow the prophet.

Happy Easter

We hope you all had a lovely Easter.  Ours was wonderful.  A special thanks to Aunt L who not only visited, but brought all the candy. 

We have 9:30 church, so Dillon had to be very patient and wait until after to see what the Easter Bunny brought him.  He got lucky and didn't have to take a nap.  Happy Easter, baby.  Have a constipating amount of candy AND a little sleep deprivation.  It's all good.  He enjoyed every second.

 Dillon has indeed eaten a lot of candy.  But he's impressed me with his ability to stop himself before he gets sick.  Mostly, he just likes to go through and organize it. 

Aunt L threatened to steal the chocolate bunny. 

He couldn't tell if she was joking.

In keeping with Barrett family tradition, Dillon gets books for Easter.  Easter Bunny 2.0 brought him "Dooby Dooby Moo," and Nonna and Poppa (Easter Bunny 1.0) sent him, "This Is Not My Hat."

Easter egg hunting was much more fun this year than last year.  It's amazing how much they grow in just a year.  It wasn't too easy though.  He had to work around the sad remnants of the 12 foot snowman we built the week before.