Hippity-Hoppity, Easter's on it's way

This year, more than ever, Hailey has been very aware of when new holidays are coming up. As soon as she saw decorations in the store a week ago, she's been asking me how long until the Easter Bunny comes.  She's super excited about finding all the eggs :-)  So I noticed that the Easter bunny had arrived at the Supermall and asked her if she'd like to go for a visit and say 'hi'.  "of course, mommy" is the response I received.  She told Brian and I that once we got there she was going to hop right up to him and sit on his lap. In our minds we were thinking that this was highly unlikely of her to do, as it took a good couple of weeks to warm-up to Santa Claus, lol. So, after breakfast this morning Hailey and I hopped onto my computer to find her a coloring page to color and take to Mr. Bunny.  She took her time and worked really hard to color the picture to her liking.  We finished getting ready and then headed for the mall.  The whole way there she kept on about how she was going to sit right on his lap and take a picture, how she thought the bunny would like her new shirt, and many questions about if the bunny would be a girl or a boy (boy, by the way!).  We got to the mall and parked.  As we were getting out of the car Hailey noticed 2 other little boys heading for the same exact door we would be going in.  Hailey told me "we need to hurry and get in there, otherwise the boys would steal the bunny's lap and that was her bunny!" We had a good laugh and talked about waiting patiently in line, if there was one. I have to say....Hailey is growing up so fast!!  She was quite the big girl with the bunny.  She did just as she told us she would.  She hopped right up there, gave him the picture she had made, and asked me to put her on his lap.  The ladies behind the camera managed to get a pretty cute picture, too.  After sitting on Mr. Bunny's lap, he gave her a color/activity book, to which Hailey replied "awww, that was sure nice of him. Apparently he thought I was pretty cute!"  Gotta love her :-)

Oh, and by the way: Easter baskets-not just for Easter eggs and candy anymore, LOL

Hailey's new hat, as she called it :-)