Easter

Dying Easter eggs was the highlight of the kids' week! The boys had been asking constantly when we were going to do it, so they were so excited when we finally got around to it. Of course, Trevor just did a lot of watching, but he had fun too.

Leif was determined to make a red egg, even though I told him that red was the hardest color to get to work right. He left it in for almost an hour, and by the end of it, he had a very red egg. Unfortunately, by Sunday morning, it looked more like dark pink.

Heidi was a little dye-happy and after she had finished her 6 eggs, she took one and dipped it into about every color she could get her hands on. It ended up being a greenish-grey color.

Easter morning was quite cold- we even got snow. So the Easter bunny hid the plastic eggs around the house (an completely forgot about the real eggs!) The kids were very anxious to get started. The boys had to wait for Heidi to wake up, but they couldn't wait for Trevor, and since he's too little anyway, we just let them start their hunt.

We made the boys leave all the pink eggs for Heidi just to be sure that she got some.

Here are Heidi and Austin opening a hatchimal. Little animal figurines that come in eggs- the kids are crazy about them!

They got mostly jelly beans and a few chocolates (perhaps the Easter bunny and his wife accidentally ate all the M&Ms and Cadbury Minieggs (which she has now sworn off!;) ) The boys also got some Legos scattered throughout the eggs and a few other toys. The boys were most excited about getting some bubblegum in their Easter baskets, since I typically don't allow them to have their own packs of gum- Heidi is too likely to get it and we'd have it all over the house and in her hair.

Look at those chocolate faces!

The kids ate the hard boiled eggs with some fruit for breakfast. We've discovered that all of our kids seem to love the whites, but won't eat the yolks- crazy- I was the other way around.