Easter this year was a bit crazy, but lots of fun! I worked a little deal with the Easter Bunny so that the kids wake up to their baskets on Saturday morning in stead of Sunday, which works out especially nice with a 9:00 a.m. church schedule! A couple of years ago they came up with the tradition of sleeping down in the family room to try to catch him (or her), but it hasn't happened yet. This year that sneaky Bunny hid their baskets and then strung different colored yarn (one color per kid) all over the place. The kids had to follow the color of yarn that coordinated with their baskets to find them. Scott wasn't too thrilled with the mess that Bunny made. He might stay up next year to supervise! :)
These pictures don't do the job justice, but it was pretty hard to walk through the house. You had to be pretty limber to get around with all of that ducking and maneuvering in the maze of yarn.
Ryan (and the other kids) thought it was pretty cool, though!
Yay! Everyone found their baskets!
We had to hurry and get cleaned up because we were hosting a "surprise going-away party" for Anna's friend, Brooke, who was moving to Utah:
That led to a full day of playing with friends, which was great because I got all kinds of things done for Easter dinner while they entertained each other! Finally we got down to business coloring eggs:
As you can see, we are very serious about our egg decorating around here:
Well...most of the time...
....and on to Easter Sunday! We were feeling "pink" this year:
Ryan happened to find one of his old binkies (that he would never take as a baby) and thought it was the greatest thing ever. I let him play with it for the afternoon, but after that it was outta here!
Cute Aimee:
Cute Nathan:
(he was a little concerned about wearing a pink tie until I told him that I'd seen the other Nathan (Nathan D.) at church with a pink tie before too.) Phew! Thanks, Sarah!
Anna, keeping Ryan happy during pictures:
And finally, after several attempts, one shot with everyone smiling and looking in the general direction of the camera at the same time....amazing! :)
I found a great recipe for cinnamon roll dough that you make the night before, so I had a piping hot, delicious breakfast to use as an incentive to get everyone ready for church on time. Hey, I know what works! I also got to teach an Easter lesson in YW (I love teaching, and I love those girls), and we had a yummy dinner with my favorite...Strawberry Shortcake....for dessert. And, of course, I was grateful to reflect on our Savior, the number one reason that Easter is my favorite holiday of the year. Happy Easter 2011!
