Easter

We had our traditional Easter egg hunt on Easter Sunday with the Bertains.  This year, Alex was able to be the clue reader for everyone, so he was quite excited about that.  It was a beautiful day and the kids were great guessers, so they found all of their eggs and their baskets at the end.  We ate some food, hung out and talked and the boys played some football too.

Egg Dyeing

The kids and I had fun dyeing Easter eggs on the Friday afternoon before Easter.  We used the brown eggs that we typically buy, because I forgot to get white eggs and actually, I think they turned out really nice.  The kids loved putting rubber bands on them and then dipping them into another color after they dyed it the first color.  They made some nice looking designs!

Egg Hunt

 Looking at the next clue

 Found another one!

 Jules wants to read the clues too.

 Finding her way back up the hill

 Using her new garden bag to collect eggs.

 The crew on their hunt.

 Princess Rory looking cute!

 Finally found the special eggs with the treats!

 Checking out the eggs.

 The little sisters.

 Jules and Daddy

The racing ramp makes an appearance at the Easter party.

Happy Easter!

Easter Eggs

It was a gorgeous afternoon, so we dyed Easter eggs outside on the patio.  Both of the kiddos had alot of fun, mixing colors and experimenting to see what the eggs would look like when dipped multiple times.  We used some crayon to make their initials, although, I think it was too warm, so it didn't show up well.  We put rubber bands around the eggs too, to make lines and then dipped them after doing that and they actually came up with some cool designs.  Add in some bubbles and it was a pretty good Friday afternoon!

Easter Party

 The flower garden

 The carrot patch

 Jello Jiggler eggs

 The hunt is on!

 Snack time!

Miss Debbie hands out more loot

Alex's class had their Easter celebration today at school.  They dyed eggs, made Easter bunny ears, had lots of snacks and went on an Easter egg hunt.  Throw in some songs, a Bible story and some special treats and it was quite a morning.  We made some Jello Jiggler eggs, per Miss Debbie's request and I was pleasantly surprised at how they turned out.  For some reason there was a shortage of lemon jello at the store, so I didn't get to use yellow as one of the colors for very many eggs as I would have liked to, but the kiddos enjoyed them regardless of color!  Since there were also some Rice Krispie treat eggs, we decided to balance out the choices, by making a couple of "gardens" with bunny snacks to share as well.  I'm happy to say that there weren't many veggies left at the end of it all, even though it seemed like I received quite a few "no thank yous" when passing them around.  Oh well, one can only try, right?

The Big Boy and the Little Easter Egg

Thanks Grandma Elaine for the cute little Spring outfit for Julia.  We kept thinking that she looked like a cute little Easter egg all day yesterday.

Easter Egg Hunt

Yesterday, the Bertain's came over for Easter brunch and a scavenger style Easter egg hunt.  The kids had fun trying to use the clues to find the eggs and then at the end, they each got an Easter basket with goodies, from the Easter bunny.  It was a gorgeous day and everyone had a nice, fun, relaxed Easter.