Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter Egg Hunt

Ashley and CJ were really lucky this year and got to go to 2 Easter parties. The first was at my friends Erin & Casey's house where they got a yummy breakfast and then got to look for eggs with 8 other kids. The absolute chaos was wonderful! They loved it! After they ate as much candy as they possibly could we went home to make homemade dinner rolls (ok... partially homemade... frozen dough that we rolled into clover leaf rolls) and got the spiral cut ham ready to cook. At 4pm we had dinner at G&G Stone's house and then went Easter Egg Hunting again. After the kids found all the eggs and ate even more candy they decided they wanted to hide the empty eggs and have Grandma Stone and Brittany find them. They thought that was so fun.
We told the kids that they had to "hop like a bunny" the whole time they were looking for eggs... and they did it! It was hilarious! Especially when they saw an egg and started running then they would correct themselves and do a half run/half hop thing... it was so funny to watch!

CJ hunting at Erin's house. Great backyard for hiding eggs!

Ashley found the most hidden egg! A blue egg hidden up high on a blue wind chime! Good Eyes Ash!

Decorating Easter Eggs

On Saturday we went over to the Pittman's House to decorate our Easter eggs. Both kids had a blast. And believe it or not, we got through the whole process with no tears, fighting, or even a single spill of dye! It was a great start to celebrating Easter! Seriously, a mom couldn't ask for more...

Calin loved painting faces onto his "egg-people"


Calin's Eggs

Ashley loved dipping the eggs into multiple colors and then painting on them with sparkle paint. She was so sweet and helped her brother and ever shared her paint with him.

Ashley's Eggs


Beth and Taylor made a bunny cake and the kids got to frost him and add candy to him (with a little supervision... i mean if not he would have been completely "mosiac'ed" with candy...yummy to the kids.... sugar rush they would get from eating it.... bad for the parents...)

Grandpas are the best!

Calin got to do some "back porch gardening" with his Grandpa Stone. They planted carrots, beets, and radish seeds in the planter. Calin thought it was the coolest thing ever! He especially loved watering the newly planted seeds with the little ducky pail. CJ talked to me at length about what he and Grandpa did and showed me with his hands how the plants were going to grow and he informed me that he and Grandpa get to pick and eat them (but everyone else has to ask first...) Grandpas are the best!