Happy Easter from the Joneses. We so enjoyed our 4 day holiday but it went too quickly. Easter is by far my favorite holiday for oh so many reasons.... it is a time for me to focus on what Jesus did for me, it ushers in spring, it is less fuss than Christmas and well, chocolate.
Thursday afternoon I surprised Adrian by stopping into his classroom for his Easter party. Vivian tagged along too since I picked her up first. Adrian was thrilled to have us and was the perfect host. The table was all set for snack but he found a spot beside a free chair and moved himself then set up a place for Vivian to sit and enjoy the feast. So sweet. I will enjoy Adrian wanting me to hang out with him and his friends while it lasts! We then went home and did a little decorating. It was really just an excuse to keep them busy while I made supper and it worked well.
We loaded up and headed to Stickney on Saturday. We were especially excited to see Uncle Brian and Aunt Tracey and an early sign of our newest family member. Vivian was quick to point out Tracey's belly and has been showing us hers ever since and saying 'baby'. I think Vivian may have Tracey beat on the belly size for now, but I suspect that will change when we see them next. We had an early Easter feast lovingly prepared by Grammy U and just enjoyed visiting with the Underhills.
Saturday night we drove home and the kids fell asleep in the truck. I carried Adrian into bed and he woke up screaming that he didn't want the Easter bunny to come. The poor kid was trembling with fear. After much discussion we came to an acceptable solution of asking the Easter bunny to leave the candy and baskets on the front step and I would hide the eggs for the egg hunt. Poor Adrian, but I can't say that I blame him. If you truly believed that a giant bunny was hopping around your room in the middle of the night wouldn't you be a little freaked out too?
I put the alarm clock in Adrian's room and told him not to get up until he saw that the first number (hour) was '7'. He woke up at 6AM and we sent him back to bed. Around 6:30 he came in to tell us that his alarm clock was broken because it wasn't turning to '7'. I didn't realize he was sitting there staring at it the whole time. So we got Vivian up and began the egg hunt. Adrian's fear of the Easter bunny was long gone at that point and as usual Vivian caught Adrian's excitement and was running around squealing and pointing to eggs.
He looks guilty for some odd reason.
Check it out... a pail of candy!!
Dueling garden spades.
Getting into the egg hunt mood.
'Mellow!!'
Taking inventory.
After our hunt we got ready for church. I must say unlimited sugar followed by 3 hours at church made me very nervous but we did okay. At least we had breakfast there to help balance out the sugar.
Dressed up for church and full of sugar.
We then went to the Joneses for Easter dinner. Adrian and Vivian got to do an outside egg hunt this time which was a hit. They found lots more candy but at least they got to burn off some energy. I am always confused about how to handle vast amounts of candy with them but I decided to let them have unlimited access to see how it went. Vivian barley ate anything. She was more interested in playing with her candy. Adrian is a bit of a sugaraholic and he ate a lot more (although less than I had anticipated). By supper time he was telling me he was sick but didn't seem to buy it when I told him it was related to all the candy he ate. I will say that on Monday neither of them even asked about their candy so maybe the full access candy pass worked. At least Jamie and I enjoyed our turkey dinner a la 'Nanny'.
Monday was so sunny and warm and we had nothing to do but hang out. Daddy and Adrian washed the cars while Vivian played with her new chalk. We also did some digging, raking and played playdough outside (so much easier to clean up than in my dining room). A great end to a busy weekend.
Finding eggs in the grass.
Pretty tickled about finding eggs in trees.
Checking out the new sandbox and shovels from Nanny and Grampy J
