After dyeing our eggs on Saturday morning, we got all dolled up and headed for a local egg hunt. We were probably a little over-dressed, but Ella has lots of new springy dresses that she's been dying to wear, so we went with it. Unfortunately, it was a little dreary outside and we were glad we brought a sweater. We started out in the gym of our elementary school, where there was face-painting while we lined up in our age group. Luckily, Ella wasn't interested in having her face painted, but she couldn't wait to start hunting those eggs. The preschool set got to search on the playground, so they were easily contained. Although we didn't find the grand-prize egg {thank goodness - it was a stuffed horse the size of our dog!}, we did find a prize egg and my child selected a gallon sized ...
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Eggs-travaganza!
This is how I started my Saturday morning. We had lots of fun things to do this weekend and Ella kept calling it the "best weekend ever." I knew if we were going to squeeze it all in that we were going to have to get an early start. I was up hard-boiling eggs at 6:30, just praying that Ella would sleep a little longer. Since we don't have much counter space, I decided to spread a vinyl tablecloth on the kitchen floor and set everything up there. We donned our pretty pink aprons and everything else we need to dye our eggs. Did I mention Ella confused "dyeing" with "dying" and we had a long conversation about how we were not killing our eggs. This is how excited she was to be doing it herself for a change! I showed her how to use a tablespoon to lift the eggs instead of that ...
Happy Easter, Friends
I hope your day was as wonderful as ours was. We spent it with family... soaking up the sun, hunting eggs all day, eating yummy food and celebrating a risen LORD. I have so many pictures to share, so check back soon! ...
Bunny Visits
We had a lovely Easter weekend and Ella really enjoyed Sunday morning. We had a hard time squeezing everything in and the Easter Bunny had to make a late-night visit, but boy was Ella happy when she woke up. I had to wake her up {she was in our bed, of course} and convince her to check it all out. Wanna know what the EB brought? Candy, which Ella said was her favorite thing, a doctor's kit, stethoscope included, a jelly bean pooping bunny, an egg full of play-doh, Disney DVDs, including The Jungle Book 2, which elicited MANY squeals, a princess puzzle, the sidewalk chalk you saw above and a new hairbow and pair of bloomers to wear with her Easter dress. After sorting through all of that Ella & Bunny took a little movie break and watched Finding ...