Easter Pics

Daddy helping Conall dye eggs -- I was helping Caitlin but paused to take a few photos

Dyeing eggs at Pop Pop's

Daddy helping Conall dye eggs

The baskets the bunny left for the kids. Aunt Amy and I decorated Caitlin's last year.

Caitlin getting into the chocolate

Caitlin in the chocolate again.

Caitlin showing off the eggs she found.

Conall and his three dyed eggs. He's so proud he found the ones he wanted!

The kids hunting for Easter eggs in their Jammie's and tennis shoes. They DID not want to wait to get dressed.

The Easter bunny left Conall some seed packets.

Na Na helping Caitlin "hunt" eggs at her house

Conall hunting eggs at Na Na's.

Conall with his "loot".

Po Po reading Easter stories to Caitlin.

Na Na's bunny cake -- she made it with chocolate instead of coconut because the kids won't eat coconut. They aren't spoiled, are they?

Neighborhood Egg Hunt

Last Saturday, we went to our neighborhood egg hunt. We love going every year because it is a small egg hunt. We know a lot of the kids and parents. The big kids help the little ones out. There aren't any lines and every kid walks away with some candy. And, you hunt the eggs, put them in your basket, go open the eggs and get the candy/prize certificate out of the egg and then return the eggs to the organizers for use again next year. It is so much more enjoyable than the citywide or large church egg hunts!

Before the hunt -- this is just the basketball court

Conall and Caitlin getting ready for the hunt

Ready, set ... Conall with Kanton and August (boys next door)

The boys and Caitlin ready to go

Daddy was still in Atlanta on Saturday morning, so Aunt Amy went with us this year. We had a wonderful time. The kids used some plastic baskets I got them the day before for the hunt, instead of their nice "Easter bunny" baskets. They were able to fill them up without spilling too many eggs and we didn't have to worry about the nice baskets getting dirty. The egg hunt didn't have as many participants this year as in past years, possibly due to the cold, cloudy weather. That meant lots of eggs for every kid -- you'll see what I mean from the pictures -- our baskets were overflowing and there were still eggs on the ground! Every child had the same experience, which is so much better than not enough eggs for every child!

Caitlin and mommy picking up eggs

Mommy helping Caitlin find eggs

Conall with an overflowing basket

Emptying the eggs to get the candy out and return the eggs

Caitlin with her first piece of candy

Caitlin's Easter Basket

Last week, I bought a basket and some supplies to decorate an Easter basket for Caitlin. I had bought her a pretty one when she was an infant, but Stu stored it somewhere in the storage building and it is nowhere to be found. Conall has a special one that I bought him as an infant and a firetruck one that Stu bought him.

Caitlin didn't really have a "special" Easter basket, so I wanted to make her one. Aunt Amy and I had a few ideas and she came over tonight and we put it together. I'm really happy with the results -- it is a very girly Easter basket. Caitlin seems to like it, too.