Easter - 2014

I feel like we have our family Easter traditions set. We start with pictures for the kids. I find that if I plan them around a holiday then I remember to do it every year. I like to see how they grow. Plus, they have their cute Easter outfits already.

The kids did well with the pictures. Lilly sometimes forgets to smile pretty and Bennett was being a little shy but the photographers always manage to get cute ones. Sometimes they get too many and it makes it hard for me to narrow down my selection. I always end up with WAY too many pictures. I only want the CD with the digital copies but you have to get the printed pictures to go along with them. (If anyone would like a printed picture of the kids just let me know.) 

 

 

We decided to go to the Bettendorf City Easter egg hunt again. I don’t know why I thought it was a good idea. It is the oddest, weirdest Easter egg hunt ever. Last year I called it ‘funny’ but that was just me being nice.

We arrived early this year since we knew it started right on-time. We found our spot on the 3 and under field and waited for the countdown. It was warm this year so that was a plus. When the countdown started all the little kids ran out to the field before they were even finished. The candy was already gone by the time they said ‘go’. Moms were picking up candy for their kids and it was done within 5 minutes. Then to make matters worse they didn’t even have the Easter bunny this year for pictures.

I take that back – there was a guy wondering around in an Easter bunny outfit but he looked really questionable and I would not allow my kids near him.  

The whole thing was really trashy not put together well. We have found that sometimes activities in the Midwest aren’t planned out the best. I don’t think we will be attending the Easter egg hunt again.

Friday before Easter, we painted eggs.

 

The Easter bunny came on Saturday morning and hide all the eggs outside since he knew that we had early church on Sunday.  Lilly was hilarious finding the eggs. She was SO excited. I could only get pictures of her in mid-run. She would squeal every time she found one. She even helped Bennett find all of his eggs.

We spent the day playing with the stuff in the kid’s baskets, eating candy, playing T-ball, and just spending time together as a family. It was extremely enjoyable. After everyone was tired out we popped popcorn and watched the movie Hop.