EASTER

Easter was so early this year that we still had quite a bit of snow outside. Because of this, the Easter bunny decided to hide eggs mostly inside with just a few on the front porch. The boys were very excited to find their Easter baskets this morning and were elated to find toothpaste in them (just what we needed, how did the Easter bunny know? And how did he know that Leif really wanted Ninja turtle kind?) They also got a few Easter books and of course some candy. Little Miss doesn't have her own Easter basket yet, so the Easter bunny just had to leave her board book in Asher's basket. The boys love going around looking for eggs, although I swear Austin and I had to point half of them out even though they were in plain view. They aren't very competitive though. If one kid was at all upset about the number of eggs he had, his brother was happy to give him the next one he found. After all the eggs were found, Austin encouraged the kids to eat a bunch of jelly beans while I warned them not to eat too much before breakfast, then we put them all into one big plastic bag for the family to share (meaning Austin will eat most of it and I'll give the kids some occasionally. The Easter bunny was kind enough not to get anything that I really like :) The boys were very thoughtful and filled up a couple of the eggs with Cheerios for Heidi to play with and eat. Then they played around for a few hours before it was time for church. Here are a few pictures we got before we headed to church (Gotta love Leif's "smile")