Easter 2016

Egg Dying

I love how much fun they have with this each year and they were quite proud of their eggs.

Easter Egg Garland

I have been slacking when it comes to art projects because they both get it at school, and they also know they can color/draw/paint etc anytime they want. But I miss our creative projects on occasion. When Friday morning came around and we had the day off, I decided to look through Pinterest and see what we could find and make with the supplies we already had on hand. Water color painting these and then making them into garland (the next day) turned out to be the perfect project!

Egg Carton Lunches

Just love this one. It was such a blessing because our neighbor invited the kids to play with her daughter and gave me just enough time to put these together for their lunch on Friday since I forgot the night before. Then they had a picnic. 

We had this again Saturday with just a few different food items to keep them guessing. :)

Resurrection Rolls

We made these last year as well, but the kids didn't help me. I decided to try the easier version, with crescent rolls this time, so they could help. Their favorite part was licking their fingers when they were done. They really enjoyed making them.

Our Set-Up

We set out baskets for the Easter Bunny to fill and hide. The kids also gave him two carrots, two jelly beans and a cup of water. Because we have soooo many plastic eggs already, I asked Lorelei to write a note asking the Easter Bunny to use our eggs for their baskets. She was thrilled that he wrote back to her note the next morning. Her note says, "Dear ester bunny   We have lots of egss. you can resicol (recycle) thes for our baskets if you wunt. :) Lorelei and Makin  Thank you." And of course, the arrow pointing to the eggs. She loved sharing the jelly beans she got at school with him too.

Easter Morning

Makin, who typically has his internal alarm clock set to 6:30, woke up at 5:15 AM.

By 6:15 both kids were up and looking for their baskets. They enjoyed getting to have that special candy-before-breakfast treat and play with some new goodies.

I think I mention every year that Brad and I grew up going to big church breakfasts for Easter, so we just have to do something special for breakfast that morning. :)

Then we got all dolled up for church.

After church we found out our lunch plans with the Armstrongs needed to be cancelled/changed because Macie came down with a stomach bug. We quickly grabbed potatoes to go with the rest of our meal and had plenty to feast on for our own lunch. We enjoyed a relaxing and restful afternoon. 

Extended Easter

The kids were very excited for a visit to their friend's house and an egg hunt the Thursday after Easter. They all loved raiding their eggs after the hunt and picking a piece to eat before supper. Then they enjoyed playing together.