Easter Pics of the Kids

Usually we do our Easter egg stuff on Saturday, but for some reason it just didn't work out that way this year. We ended up coloring Easter eggs on Saturday, which ended up...interesting. I boiled about 9 eggs. One of them exploded while boiling and after the rest had cooked and cooled I set them on the table next to Jacob and started making the dye. Well, I turned around and found that Jacob had crushed 3 of them. So we ended up with a total of 5 eggs. It was still fun. Jacob had fun coloring on the eggs with a crayon before I dipped them in the dye. He was so excited to see them change colors. It was cute.

I was sick for some of the weekend, including Sunday, but I bucked up and after Mike got back from church we had lunch and then had an Easter egg hunt. We had to do it inside since it rained all day Sunday. Jacob LOVED it. He got right to finding all those eggs and toys. I helped Lizzie. She found one egg and was done. It was all colorful and she was mesmerized by it. I stuck a couple more eggs in her bucket just so Jacob wouldn't get them ALL. Then I helped her find a few toys that I hid especially for her. Here she is with that first egg.

Here's Jacob with his Easter bucket, finding all sorts of eggs.



While Jacob was off gathering up the rest of the goods, Lou Lou settled on the couch and checked out some of her stuff.


One of the things I got specifically for Jacob was a Madagascar sticker and sticker album. I am glad he found it last, because once he saw it, it was all over. That is all he cared about. He just stared at it. He LOVES Madagascar 2. He calls it "The lion movie" and he could watch it all day if I let him. We watch it EVERY DAY. Sometimes twice a day.

Here they are on the couch with their buckets.

He had fun finding the eggs, but then he discovered that there was actually stuff inside of them. He thought that was even cooler.


Lizzie preferred the chocolate while Jacob ended up liking the jellybeans more.

All that candy makes a kid THIRSTY!

Lizzie sorting through her loot.

MY EGGS!! Back off!!

Lizzie and her sweet butterfly shades.

Jacob needed his shades too. When he puts his on he says, "Coo dude". It's very cute.

Then he decided he wanted to try on the sweet butterfly shades. Come on...they are pretty stylin'.
I think they had fun. While they were eating their candy we had a short lesson on the meaning of Easter. I don't know how well it took. :) Next year we will go back to our regular Easter schedule. My friend Aubrey says her Mom always told her, "Saturday is for the Easter Bunny and Sunday is for Jesus". We grew up the same way, but I just liked the way she put it. :) I personally like having the two separated. So, next year, that is how it will be.