Easter Extravaganza

The kids had a pretty amazing Easter this year. First of all we made a deal with the Easter Bunny, no candy except for a little bag of Jelly Beans. We had promised Aiden he could get Jelly Beans for Easter. Taylor does not do well with candy, she usually takes one bite and then spits it out, usually in the garbage, but not always. The Easter Bunny brought Aiden new church clothes and Taylor a new princess dress. As well as Zingo a really fun bingo type game for the whole family. These were sitting on the counter as they could not fit in the Easter Basket. The baskets were hidden, which was tricky, they had to be places the kids could find them but high enough so the dogs would not get into them.

This is a picture of Aiden with his hand on fire. We played hot/cold game to help Aiden find his basket. It was tricky because it was hidden in the dishwasher with all the clean dishes. Aiden just got his first list of chores last week and one of them is to help unload the dishwasher, so it was fun to find his basket in there.

Taylor basket was hidden on top of a bookshelf. She needed Dad's help to get it down. It was so fun to see her look for her basket. This year she really understood that she was looking for a present.

Taylor is wearing her new princess dress with "High Shoes". She loves high heels and that is all she will wear.

These kids sure love each other. Aiden saw Taylor dress in the back of our car earlier this week. When Taylor was sleeping he told me that he knew the dress was from Mom and Dad. I had to explain that the Easter Bunny does not have a sleigh to carry all the presents like Santa does, so he dropped off Taylor's dress early. It was too big to carry with him when he was delivery the baskets. I think he liked that answer. He is growing up too fast. I don't want the magic of holidays to end anytime soon.

Aiden and Taylor's baskets were mostly full of fun toys, books, games and a movie for each.

Taylor was so excited about her chap stick and markers. The markers unfortunately ended up all over our living room couch and Taylor received time-out. The marker did not come out, but the other side of the couch cushion is clean.

After Easter baskets we took Thad to the airport. He is spending the week in South Carolina and Georgia attending the Masters. He was able to do this last year as well and had a great time. Aiden really want to go with him next year. We are going to miss him. Last night I had the alarm set and dogs sleeping in our bedroom. I just don't feel as comfortable without him there with us.

Easter continued at Nana's house, where there were over 250 eggs hidden throughout the house. Taylor had a lot of fun as she slowly followed the other kids picking up all the egg they ran past to get to the playroom. She found about 25 eggs that the other kids overlooked. In this case slow and patience paid off. After Aiden found his eggs he came back and helped his little sister find more. He is such a good big brother. He wants to make sure she is happy and always protects her even if he gets mad at the wrong person. With all the cousins in town this week, I was told he got mad at Grace because Taylor cries everytime she is in town. I feel really bad since it had nothing to do with Grace. She was just overwhelmed with all the kids around. However it is nice that he wanted Taylor to be happy.

After the Easter Egg hunt all the kids went outside and played tag, threw sticks in the pond and just had fun being kids. I am a nervous parent and would not take my eyes off the kids. Aiden knows how to swim, but Taylor does not yet, so the pond is scary. Especially when it was freezing and there was still snow on the ground. What happened to spring?

I wanted to do something fun with the kids for Easter. We made chocolate covered cake balls in the shape of Easter Eggs. The kids were able to decorate them with sprinkles. They are very yummy but very rich.

HAPPY EASTER EVERYONE!