I was a little nervous for Easter Sunday this year. We weren't able to do baskets and egg hunt the day before, so we were going to try to cram it all into our morning along with getting ready for 10:45 church. We have struggled lately getting ready for church as it is, so I wasn't sure we could fit all that in. I was pleasantly surprised though because we even had some down time to sit and talk and hang out! I was also able to do all three girls' hair! It was a really nice smooth morning. Blessings. So anyway!
Jack was the first one to find his basket. He was so cute looking for it with Bradley. It was under the computer desk.
Bradley and Luke found Brad's up in the kitchen light almost first thing! Surprising. That never happens. Bradley's is usually the hardest to find.
I love this picture. Have a peep Jack :).
Then Noah found his :)
Check out this handsome man! I really love him :).
Here's Noah showing me where his basket was :) Great demo.
Charity found hers pretty quickly too!
Weird.
Molly's was almost in plain sight! Too easy, Easter Bunny. Even for a 6 month old.
Please don't notice that I never did get her basket made before Easter. I'm still sad about it. But I am VERY relieved I didn't stay up all night trying to get it done and turn myself into a zombie for the next few days. Self control right there.
Kelly found hers in the kitchen cupboard.
Such a flattering picture. Total blackmail worthy.
And Luke FINALLY found his in the light downstairs. He looked for a LONG time :). I think he had found everyone's by the time he found his.
And Erika took her shower, ate her breakfast and THEN found her basket in the washer :).
Pre-egg hunt picture :).
They all looked so cold the whole time!
HA!
So we went to church, everyone learned about Easter and the Resurrection and then we came home for "alone time". We missed Nate all afternoon, but we were able to enjoy the day. We realized we hadn't done our egg coloring! So we did it Sunday! (note to me: don't color easter eggs on Sunday. Totally not a Sunday activity.)
Things went smoothly as usual. We did the homemade dye again and for some reason this time the colors were not as bright and ended up being a little dull. Not sure why, but we decided it was fun to have it be different this time.
Jack really loved coloring the eggs. He raced through it as fast as he could
I texted a picture of everyone dying eggs to Nate and he said, "Make some for me" and so everyone took it upon themselves to make one for Nate :). It was really cute and sweet how into that they got. Here's Bradley's.
Once Jack's eight were all colored, he ate them :)
We remembered to put oil in the dye halfway through to get our marble-y effect. I just love it. So cool.
Molly stayed fairly entertained with something to chew on and all the kids to watch :). She's such a good girl.
Just in case anyone was wondering.
She spilled some water and then splashed around in it. She has so much stretch.
These are mine and the ones everyone gave me :).
I think Luke and Bradley could have dyed eggs all day, They just had eight like everyone else, but they were busy coloring at least 20 or 30 minutes longer than everyone else :). Very cool eggs though!
We tried to reverent things down a bit after egg dying. We have entertained ourselves using the chromecast the last few Sundays with YouTube church videos. All the old ones from my seminary days :). It's a lot of fun.
It was nice to not feel too much pressure to get kids in bed. Spring Break begins.
Happy Easter!
