Happy Easter!

We had a pretty low key Easter this year. Of course the fact that it was snowing all day long was part of the blame there since we couldn't even head to Nana's house for a bit. We colored eggs in the morning, had dinner later and then did the egg hunt. Emma woke up at 7 and begged and begged to be able to check out her Easter basket. It's fun to watch the kids when they start really getting the concept of things like the Easter bunny and Santa Clause! And even though it was snowing outside she insisted on wearing the tank top and shorts the Easter bunny put in her basket!

Easter egg hunting in our house isn't like other egg hunts. We have to keep it fair so we "hide" the eggs for Emma in almost plain view and we have the kids take turns each looking for an egg. It was driving Eli crazy to see the eggs for Emma! But the first one she found she said "yes!" like she had just scored big time! Too cute!

This is what happens when your 2 yr old doesn't get a nap....she beats up the poor innocent bunny cake that Nana made! This picture really doesn't do it justice but you can at least see the whisker's are a little off and one eyeball is missing! She took a nap after this.....

Happy Easter!

We had a pretty laid back day today. Poor Eli was up at 5:30 (possibly sooner but that is the only confirmed time) this morning, ready to see what the Easter bunny brought to him. But of course we made him wait until everyone was awake. So he stayed in his room, in bed until 7:30!

We got a couple of inches of snow overnight (it had been snowing on and off all day just not sticking to anything) so that ruled out hiding and hunting eggs outside. Which really isn't unusual for us here in CO. JR hid eggs for the big kids and I hid some for Emma. He did such a good job that for the last few eggs he had to play hot/cold with the kids just so they could find them! Emma found hers pretty quick because they were all in plain sight. But then she decided that she wanted to add more eggs to her basket so she started taking them out of Kayla and Eli's baskets! There were a couple of times that we saw Emma in a full blown run hoping that nobody would catch her!

Then JR and I cooked a turkey ham for dinner. This was the first time in at least 12 years that we didn't go see my mom on Easter. She and my step-dad are out of town for a few days but Emma and I did get to talk to Nana on the phone.

Eggs!

We did our Easter Egg coloring last night and let Emma join in the fun for the first time. We started out with 24 eggs but lost one so we colored a total of 23. Who knows how many we will color when there are 4 kids?! It was lots of fun and there are some stained fingers in the house today.

Eli dipping his first egg

Emma dipping her first egg....now here is the funny part....she knows about dipping foods into sauces and stuff so naturally her instinct was to dip and taste....and did so before we could stop her but I wasn't fast enough with the camera to capture the look on her face with her first taste of vinegar!

Kayla dipping her first egg...and I am guessing she is smiling at Emma.....

The finished product! So pretty!