This year Easter was the last Sunday in March. I had my usual preschool parties.
Because the boys had short day on Wednesday, they came home while I was still teaching. Cedric wanted to help with one of the games.
A few days before Easter, Nana and Maren (& Charlotte & Steven) came over to decorate sugar eggs with the kids. My great-aunt Marion had made the sugar eggs and had given them to Tom's mom (they are in the same ward). She was nice to share them with us. (Cedric didn't want one, so he helped Nana).
They turned out quite cute.
The day before Easter, Tom took the kids and went to my cousin's real estate Easter party. It was nice to have the whole day to myself and I got a lot of preschool stuff done.
They had a nice lunch (and nice weather).
Then all the kids got to gather as many Easter eggs as they could!
My kids ended up with quite a few.
Sophie even got to meet the Easter Bunny.
The next day was Easter. We let the kids hang out in the basement until 8:30, which is when we told them we'd get up. We also said, whomever slept in the longest got to go first for the egg hunt. Surprisingly, it was Jeff (he does amazing things when motivated, since he's normally the first one up on the weekend). We first had family prayer and talked about the Savior and the resurrection and why we celebrate Easter.
(During the preschool Easter party, Cedric made this picture and told all the preschoolers that this was more important than eggs. I was proud of him for sharing his testimony with them.)
Then the kids headed upstairs. Usually, they have to find their baskets, which are already pre-loaded with several surprises, but this year was a little different. The baskets were empty, except for this note...
They had fun trying to find all their stuff and all the eggs.
(Can you spot Cedric's goldfish crackers hiding behind him?)
In the end they all ended up with lots of eggs and candy, Minecraft shirts, Pez dispensers, goldfish crackers and a large hollow chocolate bird or squirrel.
After the egg hunt, we had breakfast and then colored Easter eggs.
Then Mom and Dad had one more Easter egg hunt for the kids to do. They each found three eggs which all contained clues (Pesos, swimming, Cabo San Lucas, etc.). The final egg said to look in the closet under the stairs. When they opened the closet they found these beach toys with a note that told them our family was going on a Mexican cruise this summer!
Sophie didn't quite understand what that meant and was mad when we told her we couldn't open the toys until our trip. But since then she's gotten more excited for it.
We then got ready for church. I didn't get new clothes for the boys, and Sophie's dress was a hand-me-down that was a bit too small, but still cute. Lily insisted she needed a new dress and used her own money to buy this yellow one.
They are sure cute kids!
After church, we quickly ate dinner and then headed over to Tom's parent's house for another egg hunt. The kids always line up in age order.
Again, we couldn't have asked for better weather.
Happy Easter!
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