Easter Sunday

A had so much fun dressing up for Easter Sunday this year. One of the families I teach piano lessons to loaned her a dress for Sunday, and A just felt like a princess! We bought new shoes the week before, dressed her up, curled her hair, and had a marvelous time letting her primp ;-) Church went wonderfully, and she got many compliments, so she was bouncing off the walls with happiness.

After church, we headed home for Easter dinner (venison roast and veggies - ya gotta love KY!) We let D and A help hide the little ones' easter baskets, and they had almost as much fun doing that as they did finding their own baskets. D was the one who had the roughest time finding his basket (i LOVE being sneaky to the mischievous kids!)

Then we had the rip into the baskets fest, and the aftermath, which was somewhat like Christmas: Wrappings, toys, and candy all OVER the house! The favorite toy for this holiday was the 'ball launchers' that i'd picked up for each of them at walmart; even my dear hubby got into that one!

I was pressed a little for time in prepping for this easter, so i cheated and used a pre-prepared basket as the 'base' for each of the kids, and then added things to it to individualize them more. One of the things i LOVED about the baskets were the cute hats that came with each one. I'm a sucker for hats on little kids! C, in particular, enjoys wearing hers around,... she woke up this morning SO upset because she couldn't find it!!


Of course we had to have the requisite easter egg coloring. I took TONS of pictures of all 4 of the kids together, and this is the only one that even turned out halfway decent. It's MUCH easier to take individuals; speaking of which,... we haven't had a family picture since before C was walking; we're going to have to get on the BALL!