Easter

We decorated eggs.

We filled baskets and plastic eggs.

We ate lots and lots of candy. At 6:30 am.

We wore winter pajamas...because it was that cold the night before. Nothing like Christmas pj's in your Easter shots.

We helped each other find eggs and were not greedy or pushy.

Our dog stayed out of the mess of jelly beans and chocolate strewn about the floor. Good dog. (also, Michael is not collapsed in a sugar coma here...he's just driving around his new cars that came in some of the eggs...)

We took dorky photos showcasing our loot.

We are apparently confused about which direction the camera is in .

We could not stop playing and frantically eating candy to look at the camera. Who knew when this blatant breaking of the rules would be stopped!?! Enjoy it while it lasts!

We finally went outside to find the eggs that the Easter bunny hid. At our house, Mommy and Daddy want to share in the fun of hiding...so we hide the plastic eggs with treats inside the house. The Easter Bunny takes the hard boiled eggs outside and hides them. Luckily the rain stopped in time.

These photos are courtesy of Jeff, who was chasing Michael around, holding his carton of found eggs and taking pictures at the same time. Impressive.

When we came inside from the second egg hunt, I turned on the oven to cook our egg souffle. The clock read 7:06. It was a whirlwind morning. And so fun. Until Lily became a sugar monster and threw an enormous temper tantrum because I wouldn't let her hold a packet of M&Ms while she pooped on the toilet.

The kids happily played all day, Jeff did yard work, I cleaned the house and cooked a bit. Then we had some people over for dinner who also live far from family (she is from Washington state and he is from Slovakia!). Jeff had never met them although I am friends with the woman. We had a lovely meal, with traditional Slovakian Easter food as an appetizer, good conversation, and moderately well-behaved children.

All in all, we had a lovely lovely Easter. How about you?