Easter 2014

Easter was so fun this year.  This is the first holiday the girls have really anticipated and kept asking each day if it was Easter.  They would wake up and Aria would say 'Bunny Easter come?'  It was cute to see they remembered that candy was to be found in the Easter Eggs, and they even knew that Easter was remembering Jesus.  So I would say it was a great holiday, but let's recap.

Saturday we had our annual neighborhood Easter egg hunt.  Last year I said there were over 1,000 eggs. Well this year the organizer told us there are actually over 5000 eggs.  So to say there are a lot of eggs, is an understatement.  We invited Jeff, Whitney, Max and Owen to come over and hunt eggs with us.  Afterwards they serve lunch and ice cream.  It was a hit.

That afternoon we dyed Easter eggs.  I'm pretty sure the girls thought it was the coolest magic trick they had ever seen and were pretty excited to see eggs turn colors.

We even found some Robin candy eggs that come with a coloring markers that are safe to eat.  So they girls had fun coloring some of those eggs as well for a little present to their Dad.

That night as we were getting ready for bed, I said "Guess who is coming tonight?" Thinking for sure they would be so excited for the Easter bunny to come.  Aria quickly replied 'Jeffer!!' (meaning their Aunt Jennifer)  I had to just reply 'No sorry, just the Easter bunny.'  lol.  They sure do love their Aunt Jennifer.

Sunday morning they were so excited that the Easter bunny not only gave them a few presents but also hid all their eggs.  Jaron got one egg to shake, a tshirt, book and truck.  The girls got new PJs, books, a church picture book, sidewalk chalk and bubbles.  And of course candy!

We went to church and had a good day at church learning about the true meaning of Easter and then headed off to Grandma and Grandpa's for yet another egg hunt and dinner.

And now 2 weeks later, the girls still ask about if the bunny Easter is coming and every night Siena says good night to Mr. Owl (he's practically a member of our family these days) she says "good night Mr. Owl, Happy Easter."  I would say Easter was a hit!