Easter 2012

Owen gets very excited over holidays, no matter how big or small.  He just knows he gets to wear "sharp clothes", eat good food, and hang out with his family.  A perfect day for him.  

He also is a big believer in all the magic that goes around the mythical holiday beings like, Santa Claus, his elves, the Tooth fairy (though he hasn't lost a tooth yet), and of course, the Easter Bunny.  Everyone knows that the Easter Bunny only comes to people's homes if their homes are clean and the floors are picked up.  Otherwise, he will have no where to hop and can't leave a basket, or hide any eggs. Right?  Well, that's what Owen now believes, courtesy of moi.  It worked too :)  Our floors were very clean for about a week.  Gotta come up with something even better for Memorial day! ; )

The festivities started at his preschool with their Easter Egg Hunt.  The kids put on their home made bunny ears and grabbed their decorated bags for putting their eggs into and took off like a bunch of wild turkeys to collect as many eggs as they could!  Even Emily was allowed to get in on the action.  She managed to get a small collection of eggs even after the bigger kids would swoop in right in front of her and take the egg she was about to grab. She didn't mind, I think she had fun regardless.  (It was also her nap time, hence the straight face in this picture!)

 

Then a few days later, the REAL Easter was here!  Owen got dressed in his nice clothes (socks and shoes included) before coming into our room to see if the Easter Bunny had come.  He was grinning from ear to ear with excitement.  Once he and Emily came out to the living room, they saw their baskets brimming with goodies.  They both devoured as much candy as they could before I stopped them.  I included dark chocolate and yogurt covered raisins, chocolate candy coated sunflower seeds, organic fruit leather and "natural jellybeans" (whatever the heck that is, there is nothing natural about a jelly bean in my opinion, but hey, it's Easter!)

Adam let the kids have a little Berenstain Bears Movie time while I made brunch and he snuck out to go hide the eggs while the kids were distracted.  Nana came over and we started the coffee, the mimosas and I made lemon ricotta pancakes with blueberry lemon curd sauce, as well as a vegetable fritatta and fresh fruit.  Way to much food for us, but it was sooooo good and we had left overs : )The kids ate as quickly as they could so they could get on out to the yard and start egg hunting!