I really love Easter. I love Easter candy, I love Easter colors, I love Easter candy, I love dying Easter eggs and having egg hunts, and did I mention I love Easter candy? Yes, as much as I tell myself to stop eating chocolate because it makes Jack cry more and I am still trying to lose the baby weight, I keep popping those dang Cadbury chocolate eggs into my mouth! They are much too hard to resist. Oh well... (I am eating some as I type this!) I guess I must not be too serious about loosing the weight yet!
We were lucky enough to spread our Easter activities over two weekends. The first weekend we spent with the Webster family. We had hamburgers and hotdogs for lunch with lots of yummy food to go along with them and then we dyed eggs. I have always loved dying Easter eggs and I still get excited to do it with my kids. I sometimes think I should boil a dozen eggs for myself to color! After dying our eggs we went outside for the egg hunt. The kids had a blast looking for their eggs. (each child had a different color to find) Watching them hunt for eggs always reminds me of how much fun I had doing Easter egg hunts at my Grandma Case's when I was growing up. After the egg hunt we sat outside and visited for so long long that everyone eventually got hungry again and we went for round two on the grill and the salads. It was a great day!
The next weekend we spent with my family and had another fun filled day of Easter activities. We started out with the egg hunt and the kids were again going nuts looking for their color coded eggs (grandmas are smart these days and want all their grandkids to get the same amount of eggs/candy/money). After their hunt we had a delicious dinner of ham and all sorts of good salads, then we broke out several boxes of egg dye and went to town dying eggs. We had glitter, rollers, stickers, tye dye, you name it and we probably had it! It was a mess, but a fun mess, and we all enjoyed spending the day together.
Treasures were found
Eggs were dyed with care
Grandpa thinks this is funny...and obviously, so does Jack!
It was a great day!
The kids woke up Easter morning to find their baskets downstairs and then they went on another egg hunt (this one hosted by the Easter bunny) in our backyard. We visited my grandma and grandpa Case in the afternoon and went out to Kathy and Denny's for the evening. It was a fun filled day of candy, eggs, and family. I am so lucky to have two wonderful families to spend holidays with. My kids enjoy their cousins on both sides of the family so much and we love being with everyone and spending time with our amazing families!
This is my sweet grandma Case. We love her so much and I am so glad she is still here with us. I have so many fun and happy memories of spending holidays at her house. I am so glad my kids have been able to spend a little time with her.
Jack was letting my grandpa hold him and was showing off for him. He was being so funny with his grunting and yelling. My grandpa was really enjoying Jack and that just doesn't happen very often with my grandpa!
Happy Easter!
