Happy Easter

We had lots of Easter festivities this year. It started on Friday, when Brian's school class did an egg hunt on the front lawn. Each child got a zip lock bag, and could "find" 5 eggs. I am not sure if Brian was a little overwhelmed or just being polite, because when all the eggs were gone, Brian's bag was empty. Mrs. Odom then collected eggs from other kids that had a hard time counting to just five, and "re-hid" them on the lawn for Brian to get. Fun times! Just for the record, I did not send my son to school in a suit jacket, he had to borrow one from dress-up, because he didn't get to school with a jacket and it was a little chilly outside.

Did they hid any eggs in this planter?

Brian's bag is still empty.

Mrs. Odom saves the day!

After school we went over to our friends house to color eggs with them. We had a great time trying to make camo eggs, using way too much glitter, and accidentally cracking them.

On Saturday, Katelynn, a friend from school had a birthday party at a park. It was the perfect day, warm, sunny, and not windy as it had been the rest of the week. It was a great idea. The kids played on the playground, had cake and ice cream, planted a flower and then did an Easter egg hunt. The whole family enjoyed the day.

Ice cream and cupcakes, with red punch. The best part of a birthday party.

Hunting Easter Eggs

We also took the kids to see Monsters vs. Aliens in 3D Saturday night. The kids enjoyed the movie, and did really good. We must have worn them out, because when we got home and went to bed, they were asleep almost immediately.

Sunday morning, Brian woke up bright an early and came to our room to announce the Easter Bunny had been to our house. The kids opened their baskets, played with their toys, and ate some of the candy before we even got out of bed. About an hour later Brian looked out in the backyard and noticed that the Easter Bunny had put eggs in the backyard. I haven't seen him and Emily get dressed in such a hurry to go find the eggs. Good thing we did the egg hunt early because it started raining about 9:30am and rained for the rest of the day.

The Easter Bunny left a Hot Wheels Track for Brian, My Little Pony Unicorn for Emily, and a brown hair, blue eyed dolly for Danielle.

Brian spies a blue egg on the swingset.

Emily finds a yellow egg on the trampoline.

Next year, I think we are going to do a Spring Celebration, where we will have candy, egg hunts, egg dyeing, baskets, and bunnies. Then on Easter Sunday we can focus on the religious aspects.