Easter Fun

Well we ended up having a pretty fun Easter.  The kids woke up to Easter baskets and a note from the Easter Bunny.  He commented on how pretty our dyed eggs were and told the kids to ask their parents to hide eggs in the backyard for them with the leftover candy that he left for us in the kitchen.  I don't even know how he gets away with this stuff, I guess when there is candy involved my kids don't care how it got there.

When the grandparents came over Dale and I hid the eggs in the backyard.  Ethan and Ellie got special camouflage and green eggs and were hid in harder places.  The little ones were hid on the ground.  There were rules like, for the first 10 minutes you can't help each other or tell the other where their egg is if you see it and if you peek while mom and dad are hiding your eggs you have to forfeit your candy to them.  I'm way better at hiding eggs than Dale is.  Or maybe I'm just meaner!

Game on!

Jack was really into it this year!

When their 10 minutes was up they started helping each other.  And this pic made me realize Ethan has a farmers tan.

Candy Break.

My Easter dress from 1990.  My Grams made it for me.  Loved seeing  Ellie in it, she is looking so grown up lately.

Regan lasted about 5 minutes.  Once she had about 6 eggs she went back inside!

We got Wendy's for lunch and had a pretty relaxing day.  One of the best Easter's we've had.  We decorated our eggs with googly eyes and sharpies.  I had already blown out our eggs awhile back.  Did you know that you can do that?  Blow your eggs out and make scrambled eggs, wash the insides out and put them in a carton.  Then you are all ready to go when its time to decorate.  Blown out eggs can be kept for years!  My mom has some that my brother made when he was a kid, 40 years ago!!  We watched movies and played outside and ate candy.  Easter was fun!