Happy Easter! (A month late...)

Well, I really need to finish my laundry, and sweep and mop my kitchen floor, so I'm gonna blog. Sounds right, right? Anyway...

We had lots of fun this Easter. Neil was actually off! And even though we wanted to celebrate with family, we were really tired from funeral stuff, and the house was a mess. So, we just stayed home and enjoyed our little family.


We started the weekend with coloring eggs. It was so nice to have Daddy help us with this. He usually misses this part of Easter. The girls had a ball, and did a really good job.


They love doing projects like this. I really look forward to having them home this summer and thinking up ways to keep them busy. (Shaving cream painting anyone?)


Neil and I were both able to do a couple of eggs. It is so much fun resorting back to childhood. We love doing these things with the kids.

That night, I asked the girls if they wanted to sleep in curlers.

Of course they both said YES! I got them in. Lily did really well with hers. Only the very bottoms fell out. Emma on the other had. She kept them in long enough to take pictures, and then they were out. She's like me. They drive her nuts.

Lily will do anything in the name of beauty. ;)

We got the girls dressed up, and we went and sugared them up with a breakfast of donuts.

We have the best donut shop. Better than anything we have had. We cleaned them up and off to church we went.

When we got home, we took pictures and waited for the Easter bunny to come.

I told them to look in their buckets. Emma did hers like a kid. Lily had to pose. I couldn't get a normal shot out of her that day. I guess the dress made her a diva.


I'm not sure what happened here. All I know is she got hurt. I thought is was so funny how they were looking. Lily sure was pouting. And Emma was giving her really good sympathetic sister looks. But in the next frames, they were both laughing hysterically.

Here's little Miss. Lily in her Easter dress.

Thankfully, the Easter Bunny had come while we were taking pictures! So, the girls grabbed their buckets and took off.

I had to get a few more pictures...


And, here's Miss Emma in her Easter outfit. No dress for this girl. Took forever to find something she and I were both happy about. Does she look different to you? She sure looks different to me. I think she is losing her baby fat. Not that there was much to lose on her. But her face just looks so grown up. At least, as grown up as a 7 year old can look. All I know is that she gets more and more beautiful as the days go by. They both do.


After they were done, the girls looked around, and found these in the garage.

The Easter bunny had left these for the girls. So, after lunch, guess what we did! Yup, we watched movies. It was a very nice afternoon! We were happy to just relax and spend time together. Especially after such a hard, hectic week we had before.

I hope everyone had a great Easter like we did!