Saturday, Bill and I took Elyse down the street to our neighborhood's first Egg Hunt. I was very impressed with the organization of our neighbors. They did a great job!
So cute. Elyse got a big smile when she recognized our friend, Kim!
Love.
The local firefighters were awesome. They blew their sirens to launch each age group's hunt. You can tell from our clothing it was a chilly morning. However, the sun broke through the clouds as you can see by Elyse's squinting below.
It got very warm! Elyse and I headed over to the mall where a local church hosted an egg hunt. The family next door were there and Jordan even painted Elyse's face.
Later that evening, Daddy was upstairs watching soccer and Elyse and I watched the Fox and the Hound (Seriously, I am not a fan of Disney. Why is every movie so heartbreaking??!!) Elyse had wandered down the hall and all of a sudden I heard her come peeling down the hallway shrieking, "UM-BWELL-WA!!! MOMMY! HELP!! CAN'T REACH! UM-BWELL-WA." My heart sunk. I raced down the hallway and sure enough... she found her Easter Basket. For whatever reason, the umbrella is the only thing she noticed in it - maybe because the girl is OBSESSED with umbrellas. I went ahead and let her have it. We ran upstairs and showed Daddy and explained.
The Easter Bunny was so smart this year. He nailed it with the umbrella. Here she is watching the movie with her umbwellwa.
Speaking of the Easter Bunny. I forgot to mention we tried to go see him at the Mall. It was a major fail. She started crying. "No bunny! No pictures! Scary bunny." I didn't make her. On the way home from the mall she asked if we could find more eggs. I told her the Easter Bunny was coming tonight and we'd find more eggs the next day. That didn't go over real well.
Another recent obsession of Miss Elyse's. Clothes and shoes... as in putting them on and taking them off. Often when left alone when going to sleep/waking up, she will strip all of her clothes off. This is her Easter morning on one of those said occasions. Pajamas left by the wayside.
This is the Easter look we call Cousin It.
I had wanted to go to church, but couldn't find a place that really had what I was looking for. I wanted something with a good Easter message that was kid-friendly, where Elyse and I could enjoy it together. I didn't feel like leaving her in daycare and never really settled on a place, so we went and had breakfast with Grandma Jo at Panera instead. We had a fun visit and met her new little dog, Bella.
We headed home and started on dinner. Bill picked up a ham the day before at Western Meats and I got groceries at Fred Meyer to pull together our last minute meal. Marcie arrived and after nap we dyed eggs.
Ryan joined us for dinner too. He was so cute with Elyse - helping her decorate the eggs. If he looks a little dazed here it is probably because I was starving him. According to my lack-of-planning holiday, I hadn't paid much attention to the timing of my meal and dinner was about 2-1/2 hours late. The key to having your guests really enjoy their dinner - starve them!
Stickers!!
The boys hid the eggs (I mean, the Easter Bunny) and we headed out. It took a bit of coaxing, because I told her the Easter Bunny hid the eggs so she did NOT want to go outside. Ugh. She was looking all over the place for that "Scary Bunny".
She really got the whole finding egg thing this year.
Libby "found" some of the eggs herself. Oops.
For a no-planning kind of holiday, it actually turned out pretty great. Low-key day with my sweet family and great friends. After the stress I've been under lately, it was a welcome day. We have so much to be thankful for!
Hope your Easter was sweet!!
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