Happy Easter!!

We had an action-packed Easter weekend, filled with fun, family and friends. Aunt Pat came which made the weekend extra special as she got to come to all of the fun events. First was an egg hunt held with our playgroup friends over at the Chandlers house. There were lots of kids and hundreds of eggs that were (not very well) hidden all over their yard. Seriously, trying to hide several hundred eggs in a small backyard results in parents just throwing the eggs in the grass and calling it good.

Here's Eli on the hunt:Showing off their loot. Between the two of them, I think they ate a pound of chocolate:Then we dyed eggs. I'm amazed that it only takes about 3 minutes to dye 18 eggs. Somehow we managed to eat all 18 eggs in 36 hours. You can hardly see it, but their names are written on these eggs. (Check out Eli's hands, they're very colorful!)The Easter Bunny promised a visit, so the kids were up bright and early looking for hidden Easter baskets. Again, they consumed more chocolate than I like them to eat in one sitting. We managed to make it to 8am mass where the kids continued to eat more chocolate and then following mass had some cake, followed by more chocolate. They sort of ate lunch and then demanded more chocolate.They skipped their naps so we headed to the park for some fishing and bike riding and chocolate eating. When we arrived home, there was lots of whining, screaming for chocolate and tantrum throwing, so we did what every parent would do. We put the chocolate stained, sugar-highed kids in their pajamas and put them to bed (at 6:30)!! We hope your Easter was as chocolate filled and fun as ours was.