Egg-Cellent Easter 2014 RECAP

Easter has come and gone leaving behind empty baskets, a ton of plastic eggs (trying to think of a craft for these), that fake grass crap EVERYWHERE,  and overly exhausted little eyes wide with the amazement and pure excitement that only  the "Magic" of a holiday like Easter can bring.

In my littles eyes I always see wonderment and Magic every day! Eyes HUGE with the anticipation of what is coming next. As we grow older we slowly loose this wonderful "Magic" but don't fret, it is reclaimed once you have children! You then ignite those memories of what that magic felt like to you. What is even grander is that you now get to see what that magic looks like through your children. This is one of the many, many joyous rewards of being a parent.

When I was a little girl I remember the Easter bunny would always leave my basket of goodies outside of the door and sometimes even knock! (Funny Little Bunny)! When I try to think back I really don't remember anything significant that sticks out other than the filled baskets left outside the front door.

Every Holiday I really try to make it extra special in any way I can. I hope that my littles grow up remembering the Magic of the Holidays and pass along some traditions to their children. For Easter my littles receive a basket with very little candy and mostly fun things or items they need. We always have an indoor egg hunt because we haven't yet had a house with a backyard to have an egg hunt in the yard, YET. We have breakfast, go to church, and then head to my sister-in-laws for an Egg Hunt, more goodies, and a great meal. We take a trip to see the Easter Bunny, do any local fun activities we can, and color eggs.

This Easter Holiday we saw the Easter Bunny on an impromptu visit. Grayson had on two different converse and we weren't quite sure how Starr would react. We got a GREAT photo!  G-Man had his Egg Hunt at School which was so cute because they all made baskets out of recycled water/milk jugs. We made Play Doh at home to play with and had festive cookie cutters to use. We made yummy Pink Lemonade Cupcakes (Damn advertisement companies!) We went to visit the Cat in the Hat and even explored a new playground! On Easter Eve we  colored eggs after baby Starr went to bed. Grayson had a blast with this! David and I  did baskets for the kids and were up past midnight setting the scene. We blew up balloons and hung them in the hallway so that Grayson had to walk through them to get to his basket. We decorated the table with festive confetti and had the baskets on top. We had a small egg hunt at the house. Grayson was so excited to see the stickers and fruit snacks inside his eggs. We went to church before heading to my sister in-laws for yet again fun times and yummy food!

A trip down Easters Past

Our Cute Little Chubster 2011

2012

Reminded me of the Creepy Dark Donnie Darko  Bunny! Not your Snuggly, Fluffy, Friendly basket giving Bunny!

I hope that everyone enjoyed their Holiday and from our family to yours we Hop that you had a very special and Egg-Cellent Easter Holiday!!