Easter Weekend

Easter weekend started off with a bang on Saturday morning.  We went to the neighborhood egg hunt and had a lot of fun.  I think Kylie knew what was going to happen when she noticed that every other kid had a basket just like she did, thanks to the egg hunt we did with Grandma Shari a few weeks back.  She was super excited and liked playing on the play ground with the other kids until it was time.

They like to do a group picture before the egg hunt, and while Kylie loves doing what other kids are doing, she wasn't so keen to line up and sit still.  She could totally tell that this wasn't fun and exciting.  You can see her at the far left just staring at everyone wondering why they aren't doing anything.

Once the egg hunt started Kylie caught on really quick and found lots of candy and eggs.  She was even lucky enough to get the prize she wanted off the prize table (a red ball - like we don't have fifty balls at  home already...) even though she had to wait to get it!

 

Later that afternoon for our fun family activity we went swimming.  Hayden's second time!  He is a good swimmer and has really gotten used to the water quickly.  Kylie started doing something new this time: dunking her head under water!  Which means she is finally learning to hold her breath!  Yay!

Easter morning we decided to do a bit differently.  To avoid a sugar rush, we decided to do baskets after church.  That way Brandon could still sleep in, too.  So I came home third hour (which I needed to do with Hayden anyway) and got it all set up so Kylie would be super amazed at how all this stuff appeared while we were away.  Hahaha, it was a lot of fun setting it up - I get too involved in holidays and sometimes forget that this is all for a two-year-old.  Oh, well.

Kylie was excited to see the Easter baskets filled with fun activities, and of course liked Hayden's stuffed animal more than her own.  Then she noticed all the eggs lying around and had a lot of fun finding them all.  Her lunch consisted of chocolate.  This was to be expected.

Later that evening we dyed our Easter eggs.  Kylie got to help a lot more this year and was super amazed at the pretty colors the eggs were.  She did not, however, want to eat one.  

It was fun doing all these family traditions this weekend.  It will be awesome when Kylie and Hayden are old enough for us to explain to them what this holiday is really all about (no, it's not about candy-filled eggs) and to teach them more about Jesus!