Thanks Easter Bunny!

I woke up Easter morning to find the older two kids had already found their baskets and were looking through to see what all the old Easter bunny had brought for them. The excitement in Rachel's eyes was a sight to behold. Doug and I love to see the looks on their faces when they see the goodies they get. Noah's basketball bucket was filled with Legos, a Star Wars book, a slinky, a chocolate bunny, marshmallow bunnies and peanut butter eggs. Rachel's basket held a soft Easter lamb, an Easter glitter globe (her favorite), a cheeping chick, a chocolate bunny, bunny peeps, and peanut butter eggs. Kate's basket held a fuzzy Easter lamb, some Easter little people, a board book, bunny peeps, and some peanut butter eggs. The Easter bunny also brought them some egg sidewalk chalk to share. Each of the two older kids were thrilled with the contents of their basket, while Kate was thrilled with the peanut butter eggs. She ate two right away and enjoyed every bite!

Coloring Eggs

The kids have always enjoyed coloring Easter eggs. They were no less excited this year when it came time to start the eggs boiling. The kids drew on some eggs with the wax crayon before dipping them in the cups of colored dye. It was cute to watch them dip and then re-dip them into a second color to make a third color. Doug even joined them to color a couple. Kate joined us after she had woken up for her nap for a snack and she got to play with a few plastic eggs while the kids dipped the real ones. After the eggs were all colored Noah read the Easter story to Rachel and the rest of us. Love that.

Easter Egg Hunt @ Springbrook Park

We took the kids over to Springbrook Park today to go to the community Easter egg hunt. They put this egg hunt on every year and host a big show with singing, games, big slides and bounce houses. We arrived just before the egg hunt began and the kids were very excited to see all the eggs on the ground. (Perhaps they should call it an 'egg pickup' rather than an egg hunt. ;) Rachel, Chloe, and Lydia were in one patch of grass with the 0-4 year olds and Noah and Emma were in the 5-8 year old patch. The hunt was over within a matter of minutes and the kids settled down to open their eggs. There was lots of jelly beans, a few free kids meals from Road House and three of the kids won larger prizes. Noah won a chocolate bunny, Chloe won a pack of Reese's Pieces shaped in a carrot and Rachel won a HUGE Reese's peanut butter and chocolate egg. After a quick visit with the Easter bunny we headed off to Chickfila for some lunch. It was a really nice morning/afternoon spent with people we love. Good times. =)