We spent the night before Easter at an Easter Vigil Service with some friends. For the record, if you ever walk into a church service (especially one that is held late in the evening) and are handed a 47 page bulletin, you should grab a large cup of coffee and stake out a seat close to the bathrooms. The service is nice as the climax of the service is celebrating the arrival of Easter and the rising of our Savior by ringing bells.
We got home rather late from the Easter Vigil and Hannah insisted on leaving carrots for the Easter Bunny. Since we leave cookies for Santa and carrots for his reindeer, it is only fair.
These are the kids Easter baskets. I have friends who have the tradition of sitting out an empty basket for the Easter Bunny to fill. I wish I would have thought of that when the kids were really little! In our house, the Easter Bunny brings the whole shabang. When the kids were really little, I would just use the same baskets every year. As they got older, I started trying to get creative with their baskets. One year I buckets that they could later take to the beach. Another year I used lunch boxes. This year it was beach bags for the pool with everyone receiving their own pool noodle. They each got a new beach towel. Aaron had been wanting a snorkel so got that and the girls got a chair float that their noodle fits through. Of course, there was candy. Just not tons. I don't really care that they eat candy, but I am weak and don't want all that chocolate in the house.
Hannah was really hoping the Easter Bunny would leave a basket for Holly. Aaron and Rachel no longer "believe" and I know Hannah's time is limited, so the Easter Bunny added to the magic.
The empty plate and a note from the Easter Bunny.
Hannah reading the note which thanks her for the carrots and lets the kids know how many eggs are hidden in the front yard.
The hunt is on. Notice the pre-teen is actually hunting for the eggs. The Easter Bunny fills plastic eggs with change at our house and she wasn't going to miss out on that.
I'm not sure what Aaron saw, but I love the expression on his face.
Rachel was finished hunting and was trying to act like she really didn't want to be awake. I thought it was funny because I remember the year I decided I would really rather sleep in and see what I got later.
Sporting the new Easter outfits.
The boys. It was an extra special Easter because PK asked off at the last minute and miracle of miracles, his bossed agreed. We have spent several Easters and Christamases with him missing, so we were very happy to have him celebrate the entire day with us.
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The pre-teen at our house hunted eggs diligently too, though it was after church that the hunting commenced around here. :) It was actually the pre-teen that was verifying and re-verifying that the Easter bunny wasn't going to miss our house this year! ;) LOVE your kids' Easter outfits!
The pre-teen at our house was a diligent hunter of Easter eggs too. She was ACTUALLY the one who verified and re-verified that the Easter Bunny would not miss our house this year. LOVE your kids' Easter outfits!
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