Easter Egg Hunt

Today was the Bunny Bounce at Woodland Park Zoo. We took the kids to their egg hunts in 43 degree weather (with a very cold windchill which brought the temp down to the 30's). Note to self~do not do this again, the weather was just too cold. The kids found some eggs and received marshmallow peeps and a few chocolates for their hard work.

After the hunt, we went out to lunch with Leah's family and Leah gave the kids Easter baskets filled with candy, eggs, books, and toys. She is such a spoiler and the kids love her family to pieces. After lunch we shopped around the mall and then they came over and ate a spaghetti dinner at our home. Jon played video games with Thom, the kids napped (Theo is a bit under the weather), and Leah held the baby and chatted with me. Our teens went downstairs and watched Sixteen Candles and hung out together. It was a relaxing day :)

Tomorrow we plan to scavenge for eggs, open baskets, eat brunch at Briana's, and order take out dinner with Brian. Brian and I are rooting for Chinese take out but Jon is resisting the idea. I just don't feel like cooking and eating a traditional Easter meal.

Cousins

Here are our "cousins." Theo and Haywood are 3 weeks apart, but Haywood has eyes for Georgia (and all her big girl activities) right now.

Siblings

Since I am an only child and love to see my children enjoying one another, here is a photo of 3 of our youngest. This was taken three weeks ago, when Augustus was 10 days old. Do you see the joy on Georgia's face and the curiosity on Theo's?

Easter Eggs

This year I tried a new way to dye our Easter eggs: use wire whisks to hold the eggs. The handles made them easy for little hands to hold the whisks and the eggs didn't bounce around and crack.

Here are some pictures of our little people dyeing eggs. Georgia, at age 3, was fantastic at it. Theo, at 22 months, first put the dye tablet in his mouth and then thought he needed to "stir" the eggs in the dye which created a large mess. Regardless, both had a great time and want to dye more. Better yet, this egg dyeing business encouraged Georgia to eat her very first hard boiled egg. She liked it so much that she had two!

I haven't done any other Easter activities with the kids. We have a 4 week old and I am still recovering from surgery. I am certain that next year we will do all the bunny related art projects and studying of rabbits which are so pertinent to the season. We do plan to go on an egg hunt at the zoo, so will use that as a social opportunity for both and emphasis on colors and counting for Theo.