We kicked off our Easter weekend by getting together with some friends. My friend Katie had people over to her parents house for a dartball tournament. We had Elle with us so we didn't participate in the dartball but stopped by, had a few beers then headed home to put Elle to bed. Her parents live right up the street from us so it was nice to be home in under a minute once Elle got tired.
On Saturday Elle had gymnastics. It was an unofficial dad's day in the class, almost every kid was accompanied by their dad. It was so fun to be able to sit back and watch her she would even come up to the glass and say hi to me.
After gymnastics we went to breakfast then to see the Easter bunny! I actually considered not taking her since she saw him the weekend before at the egg hunt but I'm so glad we did! The whole time we were in line I would point him out and talk about how nice he is and I think she was actually listening. When it was her turn she immediately cried but then clapped along with the photo assistant in charge of getting their attention. Soon the tears disappeared. I was shocked!! When I went to pick her up she yelled "BYE!" to the bunny then cried "more" to sit on his lap again.
Saturday night we dyed Easter Eggs. I found a spill proof egg dying kit (that Eric was somehow able to defy) so Elle would slide the egg in the container and then once they were out and dry she added some stickers to give them some flair.
Elle stayed up until 10:45pm on Saturday (!!!) of course the night I have a million things to do this little lady decided to stay up suuuuper late. :) Once she was finally asleep in her bed I got to work stuffing eggs and trying desperately to catch up on Game of Thrones.
On Sunday morning Elle walked out into the living room and the first thing she noticed was the bunny foot prints. They kind of scared her at first but then immediately started saying "Yuck!". She couldn't believe the Easter bunny came in and left a mess. :)
The Easter bunny filled her basket with Wizard of Oz dolls, temporary tattoos, cookies, candy, bubbles, sidewalk chalk, Frozen, Olivia purse, new book and a water table.
She went through her basket and then hunted for eggs on the deck around her new water table. Eric went back to bed around this time and Elle and I stayed up and had breakfast together and watched Elmo in Grouchland....again.
After church we headed to Eric's parents house for lunch. Elle had fun playing with her cousin Charlotte and learning colors with Aunt Cathy. She even talked to her great Grandma on the phone who unfortunately is in the hospital and couldn't join the Easter fun.
Next stop was MawMaw and PawPaw's house! These two went ALL OUT for Easter...Elle, Henry and Charlie are very lucky babes! Elle and Henry enjoyed an indoor and outdoor egg hunt. After dinner we sat outside on the patio and the babes played with chalk, enjoyed the swings, rode in cars, rode their bike, played wiffle ball. Basically used up every little bit of energy they had.
This is Henry resting. He would run around like a mad man and then sit down with his eyes closed for 10 seconds and said "KayKay, resting". I absolutely adore this little love bug.
We had such a fun holiday, we are so so blessed!
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