Easter!

Our Easter started at 5 am, thanks to a couple of early birds wanting to get up & at 'em. As it was still dark outside, they were relegated to their beds until a more reasonable hour. Amazingly, this worked until about 7 am. Once Callie was awake and fed, we went looking for their baskets. They were very amused by all my wrong-turns and so excited to find them hidden under the kitchen sink:) They made short work of tearing into them and loved all the treats the Rabbit gave them. Princess Cinderella-Emily, as she prefers to be called, decided basket-opening was a formal affair and deserved to be treated as such. For this portion of the day, she donned her lovely blue ballgown.

Stained pj's were just fine for Ben and Callie, though;) Ben was thrilled with a mini-kite and pre-filled eggs decorated with Spongebob and Toy Story characters. He also loved his bubbles and Joker bad-guy for his Batcave set.

Funny-Bunny seemed to love her 1st Easter, too. She liked the basket more than the contents, but that's just how babies roll. She fared well in the clothing and accessories dept. and got a baby-version of candy in her Elmo tote.

She wasn't too sure the new sun hat was really "her", though.

Lip balm is always a huge hit!

Showing off her pouty pucker:)

Later on, Mimi came over for brunch and the egg hunt. It was c-c-c-c-cold outside and threatening to rain, but thankfully Ben and Emily are already pros at hunting eggs. It also helps that the Easter Bunny just lazily and haphazardly throws all the eggs on the grass with no effort made to actually hide them;) Just like last year, Ben was the big winner while Emily was much choosier while picking eggs.

The Egg-Hunting portion required yet another dress-change. This one has a full, ballet-style tulle skirt and is 2 sizes too small, but the poor dear can't bear to part with it. Thankfully, it still sort-of fits. She's a slave to fashion, so she will squeeze herself into that thing no matter what it takes! She wore it over the dress I picked for the day, which you'll see later.

Speaking of squeezing into clothes, Ben wore the same shirt as last Easter, as it was the only nice-ish shirt he could still fit into. Sigh...why do they have to grow so fast?

Callie and Daddy watched from the window. It was far to cold and windy for such a sweet little flower. Callie seemed chilly, too;)


The rest of the afternoon was taken up by lazy naps and indoor-play. Oh, and lots of egg-counting and candy eating! We spilled/blew bubbles and watched The Chippettes for the squillionth time, too

We hope your Easter was happy, too!