Easter, part 2

Easter morning.  A time for...small children to wake up whining that they want to get outdoors before the sun is up to find what the Easter bunny had left in the yard for them.  Nice.  Too bad Mommy and Daddy forgot to put out the Easter stuff prior to the girls waking up!  Cue Daddy taking them into their room after breakfast, reading a story to them, while Mommy frantically gathers up all the Easter stuff, runs outside, and hides everything in "obvious" places for the kiddies to find.  Whew!  At least it worked out.  The girls had their Easter egg hunt by 7:30am, LOL.

Then, more playing with the kids.  Brunch for about 30 people at the husband's grandparents' house.  Chasing children around.  Packing up stuff to drive home.  Driving home.  Cue children falling asleep (yay!).  Cue arriving home and having two energetic children (boo).  Then, at least we had time to sort of relax and unwind for the rest of the day.  Early bedtimes for all!

"Come ON, it's 7:00am and WE WANT TO FIND EASTER EGGS!"

Off on the hunt!

L finding eggs, wearing her new kick-butt shoes.

E finds an egg on the ground.

The Easter Bunny was super tricky and hid one of L's eggs in a tree crook.  Grandpa had to help get it down.

How do we make sure each girl gets the proper egg?  Glad you asked...and no, the dyed eggs never made it in the yard.

E finds more eggs.  Successful year - the girls found all their eggs!

Me enjoying my niece-ling, with my SIL in the background.

Hello, handsome nephew S, looking for eggs?

L in her Easter dress.

Me holding E in the house.  I like this picture because it's the first one in ages where I've been able to look at a picture of myself and think "wow, I don't look like a fat@$$!"  I know, I know...bad self image...

My absolute favorite dish from Easter brunch - asparagus and portabella mushroom, rolled in ham, wrapped in a tortilla.  It was beyond yummy - it was AN EXPERIENCE.  *drools*

E happy over the Easter gifts she got from her great grandparents