easter bunny

we were at the mall today and while we were walking upstairs madelyn looked down and saw the easter bunny set up for pictures. she was really excited! she kept saying "hi, easter bunny" and waving. luckily, the bunny looked up and waved at her too. she just kept talking about that the easter bunny waved at her and she wanted to hug him. so grandma suggested that we go down to say "hi".

we had a little fight about what madelyn was going to wear this morning and she ended up wearing jeans and her pajama top. i didn't think that she was exactly dressed for bought pictures and that we should come back another day. but grandma had another idea - why don't we dress madelyn in one of the spring dresses we just bought for the picture. okay. i gave in. we striped her down in the mall and put her in dress.

as excited as she was to see the bunny, she froze up once she was on his lap. it actually looked like she might cry one or two times. thankfully, there was no one waiting behind us and the staff worked really hard to get her to smile and didn't rush us. here one of the pictures i was able to take with my camera:

surprisingly, the real photo came out pretty well (different from the one shown here) and overall it went better than santa did at christmas time. and madelyn got off his lap and waved "bye, easter bunny!" like the whole experience had been great.

not only did she enjoy the experience enough to talk about it the whole way home, but grandma told me that it was her first time getting to do holiday pictures with a grandchild at the mall. i am glad that i gave in to the impromptu photo shoot. love.