Happy Easter!

The Easter Bunny came bright and early and left the kids each a basket full of toys and candy. Carson couldn't wait to start on the candy as quickly as possible.

Tate found candy, books, and toys in his basket. He is testing out his new quacking duck whistle. After a few quacks though, we quickly decided that it make a good "outside only" whistle.


RahRah joined us for a bit on Easter morning so she could see what the Easter Bunny had brought.

Holly was given a 2 minute head start on the Easter egg hunting. The boys patiently watched from the windows until they were given the ok to go out and start searching too. Tate had some luck finding some eggs over by our back gate.

Holly just liked to walk around out in the lawn with candy in her hands. She left most of her share of the eggs for her brothers to find.

My aunt Ricki and uncle Kevin joined us along with Mimi and Pa for our Easter morning!

Finally, all the eggs were found and it was a very happy Easter!

Ready for Easter

The day before our Easter celebration, Mimi came over to help us get ready for the big Easter event. First on the "must do" list was to color eggs. The boys went shirtless so that they wouldn't have the chance to stain up their shirts in the egg dying process.

Holly watched the egg coloring event so that she will be ready to join in next year. Woody was close by too so as not to miss anything either.

Mimi helped mix more color and vinegar as the boys closely watched her every move in anticipation.

Carson took his job very seriously and wanted to color as many eggs as possible.

Tate was proud of his coloring job too

No Easter egg decorating is complete without adding some stickers. Carson loves stickers and will happily add stickers to anything that he can.

Next on the Easter preparation list was to make the traditional "bunny cake". Holly watched her brothers lick the spoons after making the batter and realized that she was missing out on something pretty good. She climbed up on this step stool all by herself and found the extra spatula on the counter.

Ummmm.....that chocolate batter really is good!

We frosted, decorated, and sprinkled our bunny cake and this was our finished masterpiece!