So we made it through another holiday. Geez... It might as well be Christmas around here the way my kids get excited about Easter. They even count down the days. Is the Easter Bunny really that exciting? What could EB possibly leave that's better than what Santa does? The night before we decided to watch "HOP" to be festive and Juliet starts whining... "when will it be night time so it can be Easter tomorrow..." She couldn't even sit through a movie! Of course, Sam made all sorts of plans that involved sneaking down to the living room in the morning to see if EB had come, or rather what he had left behind. Of course... up at 6am he did just that. Then he wakes up Juliet for a full report. I'm surprised he even slept the night. I, on the other hand, didn't sleep the night and it wasn't because I was excited about the Easter Bunny. Miss Sofie was up FOUR times between midnight & 6am.... and Juliet up twice. That means I was up SIX TIMES between midnight & 6am. And at 6am I had to make sure Sam didn't wake Sofie up again with all his running around excited. FAIL. The kids made Easter cards for us at school and while Juliet gave us hers on Thursday Sam insisted on waiting until Easter morning. Apparently at 6am after reporting to Juliet he'd waited long enough. I got my card. Forget that it's Easter... With Sam, it's all about what is important to him when he's making it, so in celebration of his newly acquired roller blades Sam drew us all rollerblading.... very Easter-esque. I was wondering why we all had straight feet with a bunch of circles....
When Sam cleared out I brought Sofie into bed with me so that I could sleep a bit longer, or at least try to. Because of this the kids had to wait... and wait... and wait before going outside to hunt for the chocolate eggs EB left behind, which they managed to do quite patiently. The squirrels, on the other hand, don't have such patience so we had to scurry outside before we lost everything. By the time we got out there they only lost 4 eggs to the rodents. Not too bad.
Another successful hunt, but after 2 years we are running out of places to hide eggs in our small back yard. Next year the kids won't even be challenged, they'll just remember all the spots. We may have to do something about that...
Juliet had insisted we make Easter cookies so after the hunt we did just that. I found a yummy cream cheese sugar cookie recipe & the kids made & decorated cookies to bring with us to the Easter fam jam. They were yummy.
The weather was very co-operative all day and the kids got to do a second egg hunt at my grandmothers. By the time the day was over their baskets were filled with chocolate... excellent for a little girl who this very weekend marks 3 years as a diabetic. Oh well... Maybe next year EB can hide grapes.
When Sam cleared out I brought Sofie into bed with me so that I could sleep a bit longer, or at least try to. Because of this the kids had to wait... and wait... and wait before going outside to hunt for the chocolate eggs EB left behind, which they managed to do quite patiently. The squirrels, on the other hand, don't have such patience so we had to scurry outside before we lost everything. By the time we got out there they only lost 4 eggs to the rodents. Not too bad.
Another successful hunt, but after 2 years we are running out of places to hide eggs in our small back yard. Next year the kids won't even be challenged, they'll just remember all the spots. We may have to do something about that...
Juliet had insisted we make Easter cookies so after the hunt we did just that. I found a yummy cream cheese sugar cookie recipe & the kids made & decorated cookies to bring with us to the Easter fam jam. They were yummy.
The weather was very co-operative all day and the kids got to do a second egg hunt at my grandmothers. By the time the day was over their baskets were filled with chocolate... excellent for a little girl who this very weekend marks 3 years as a diabetic. Oh well... Maybe next year EB can hide grapes.
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