Truitt had to take a backseat on this one and just observe, because let's face it, had he gotten his hands on any of this we would have had no eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide. He was trying so hard to grab ahold of that newspaper and ruin this experience for his big sister, but low and behold, that booster seat strap holds him in there pretty securly!
Then after all was said and done and we got all of the eggs colored to perfection, the darn "eggtoos" don't work for crap! I found this out after 3 tries, with 3 different "eggtoos", while rubbing each of them with the tiny popcycle stick provided, only to find out that after so much rubbing they are just no longer sticky. So, this is Ashlyn coloring her eggs with crayola markers, rather than the using the "eggtoos."
The next day was the St. Olaf Easter Egg Hunt. We have no pictures, because we missed it. After my chosing to run, and the husband's choice to sleep in, we were unable to get there until 2 minutes to starting time. We got everyone out of the car and heard people talking about it being over already. Luckily some nice ladies gave the kids some of the extra bags of Jelly Beans. So, we decided to catch the Dundas Egg Hunt. We were able to make this one in plenty of time, so all was great...until it started pouring down rain! Luckily, by the time the hunt started the rain had lightened up. Adam went with Truitt to the 0-2 year old hunt, and I went with Ashlyn to the 3-4 year old hunt. SO.MUCH.FUN! Sadly, after finding all of the eggs you must return them to the people who put on the egg hunt and after digging in the cold, wet, grass for those eggs the kids were quite cranky seeing as how their fingers were cold and numb. Again, I wish I would have gotten the camera out for this, but the rain threw me off, and let's face it, I forget to get my camera out often. I miss a lot of good photo moments :(
So after a very fun and exciting Saturday, the kids were off to bed awaiting the arrival of the infamous Easter Bunny to come with their Easter Baskets and hide their beautiful eggs! We left some carrots and milk for the Bunny himself...and I'm pretty sure that he enjoyed them because they were all gone this morning!! When the kids woke up they found all the eggs...well Ashlyn found all but one. Truitt found the other one while playing with the Barbie car. There was also some other fun things waiting for them...
Looks like fun right??
This was the basket he left for Ashlyn.
...And this was the basket he left for Truitt! He went for the ball first, of course!
This was what I made the kids for breakfast. It looks more complicated than it was...all I had time for was the frozen pancakes that you put in the microwave for about a minute, a few chocolate chips, a couple bananas (which my kids LOVE) and a couple strawberries (which are on sale right now at Cub for $1.88. For those of you that know my husband, know that he loves to find a good deal, and these strawberries were a good deal). Viola!!
Then before getting ready for the Easter festivities, the kids wanted to eat some candy and play with their toys!
This year we went to two Easter celebrations. One at Adam's sister Theresa house, and one at my Aunt Sue's. Of course, I neglected to bust out the camera at either of these gatherings to get the kids' pictures in their fancy Easter duds. So, I had to settle for pictures once we got home. Let me tell you, this went over about as well as a loud person in a library! Here is the result of those pictures...
As you can see, someone was a little tired and crabby after having fun playing outside and missing out on a quality nap!
I was able to coax one cute smile out of her! Loved her dress this year and I found this sweater on clearance for about $4! Love her!!
This was about as god as it got in regards to taking a quality picture of Mr. Truitt's Easter outfit. You get the idea...
Couldn't get him to wear this tie at all today...so this was him saying "screw this tie MOM!" He is way too smart for his own good, and he's not even 2 yet!!
Even though we had tons of set backs and mishaps this Easter, things still worked out. The kids had fun, the parents had fun, everyone just had fun. Sometimes all the preparing and planning just isn't necessary...sometimes the best fun comes when you "shoot from the hip!"
Does anyone else have these issues with planning and preparing??
Do your kids drive you bonkers when they are overly tired??
Can you get your 1 year old to wear a darn tie?!?
Happy Easter everyone...hope yours was as fun as ours!
Sincerely,
Jaime (Head Easter Bunny) Paukert
