Hanging Out

Saturday morning we decided to head to the mall and see if Nolan wanted to sit on the Easter Bunny's lap. He said he did and was very excited, but we had a feeling once he saw the bunny, he may not be so thrilled. Our intuitions were right and he enjoyed saying "hi" to him from a distance and waving to him, but when we tried to get him to sit on his lap Nolan wasn't having it. He kept talking about the Easter Bunny later, so we'll just see how it goes, but I imagine next year it may be less scary. We didn't want to force him to sit on his lap, why traumatize him? Anyway, then we did a little shopping and of course rode the carousal. Then we headed to lunch. Brian and I had been craving Red Lobster forever, we haven't eaten it since we've moved here. It seems kind of strange to go there when there are so many other places with fresh fish, but we couldn't stay away from their cheesy biscuits a day longer. They have good lunch specials, so we figured it was a win-win. Plus, the Red Lobster here is like the ones on the commercials. Right on the water! We were seated next to the window so Nolan got to watch the boats go by during lunch. After we stuffed ourselves, we noticed that there was a park within walking distance to Red Lobster, so we headed over for a little bit and Nolan played until he started falling asleep in the swing. It was a wonderful day! It would have been perfect, except Nolan ran a fever that night that was really high and had Brian and I pretty scared. So Sunday we layed low and watched movies so Nolan would just take it easy and get well. He's much better now and we're so grateful!

This is as close to E.B. as we could get Nolan:

Daddy & Nolan on the carousal:Brian at lunch: Outside of Red Lobster: Daddy & Nolan looking at boats:Yay, a slide!