Easter 2012

On the Saturday before Easter, we finally got around to dying Easter eggs!  The kids had fun dying them, and then they wanted to draw faces and hair on them with a permanent marker.  Kylie got reeeally attached to hers, especially "Megan."  She actually played with her little egg-people for quite a while, and then suddenly decided she wanted to eat one.  She chose Megan, and had Trevor help peel it, and then she tried a bite.  She didn't like it. (no surprise there).  A few minutes later it was as if she'd just realized what she'd done.  She cried over the death of Megan for about 20 minutes.  She even cried out, "Meeeeegaaaan!!!!!" a few times.  I admit, I had to go around the corner and let out a few silent little chuckles, even though I did feel a little bad for her and her loss.  Anyway...the eggs:

Saturday evening we celebrated Easter with Grandma & Grandpa Telford, Grammy & Grandpa Garcia, Uncle Rick, and Aunt Aileen & her new fiance, and the kids enjoyed their Easter egg hunt there!

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Sunday morning the kids woke up and found their Easter baskets

that the Easter bunny had hidden in the house.  They were pleased to find lots of candy, chocolate & a new game in each of their baskets.  Then after breakfast, they hunted for eggs in our backyard.  There aren't many clever places to hide eggs in our backyard, but the kids always have fun running around and putting them in their baskets anyway.

Here are my cute kids, all dressed up and ready for church.  I am not very good at getting the kids holiday dresses/clothes.  Luckily, I have a mother-in-law who makes the girls adorable Easter dresses!

Alyssa - 9 years old

Trevor - 7 1/2 years old

Kylie - 4 1/2 years old

Happy Easter everyone!!!

Happy Easter!

Decorating Easter eggs!

Easter morning - April 24, 2011



Easter

It was another FUN Easter this year!  The kids each got a movie and candy in their baskets, which were hiding when they woke up in the morning.  Alyssa found hers behind the pantry door, Trevor's was in the laundry room sink, and Kylie's was behind the curtain in the family room.  They had so much fun hunting for their baskets.  Alyssa got The Princess and the Frog, Trevor got Alvin and the Chipmunks, the Squequel, and Kylie got Mickey Mouse Clubhouse-Featuring Minnie episodes. :-)  After they found their Easter baskets, they went outside and hunted for eggs in the backyard.  There aren't very many places for the Easter Bunny to hide eggs, so it wasn't much of a hunt, but they still had fun, and it was perfect for Kylie!

We have a rule that whatever is in their baskets, they get to keep for themselves and they don't have to share it with anyone.  But whatever is in the eggs, goes in a big bowl.  This was Mark's idea and I think it works beautifully.

Happy Easter!

Pumpkin Patch

For Family Home Evening tonight we went to the Pumpkin Patch with Travis, Tarah, Bryson and Lucas! Everyone had a lot of fun. It was such a perfect Fall evening...cool but not cold.

The kids had fun climbing this thing...

Alyssa made it!

Love these boys!!

Ky made it too!

Fun cousins!!

Kylie showing her pumpkin to Trevor

Such a big girl carrying her pumpkin around. :-)

Kylie loved petting the animals!! p.s. if you're wondering about the 4th of July bow...we were in a hurry heading out the door and that was the only bow I could grab quickly. :-) Yeah, wrong holiday, totally doesn't match...that's what happens sometimes these days! It just needed to serve a purpose, to keep her hair out of her eyes. :-)

Happy Easter!

Happy Easter! This morning the kids woke up to find a note from the Easter Bunny. It said that their Easter baskets were hidden somewhere around the house and that they would have to find them...a tradition from when I was a kid. They thought this was so funny. Kylie's was under an end table, Trevor's in the oven, and Alyssa's in the dryer. After church they had the easter egg hunt in our backyard. Here are MANY pictures...a special thanks to Grandma Michelle! She made the girls' dresses.