Early Easter

Sage and I found her dress when we were in Seattle last. We both fell in love with it. We decided that Marlee needed something just as fancy and thought this dress matched fairly well. Both were so pretty. To complete the look, Sage and I found this shirt for Hayden. Love my shopping partner, Sage!


Gotta do eggs! one of my favorite activities! Heath was burning the midnight oil at the office trying to get things ready for a week's absence. Just me and the kids Friday night. Set up took FOREVER! We got table cloths and smocks and egg holders and crayons. The kids were so excited to color eggs. Finally, I gave the green light and, for the next two minutes we had a blast. It was over so fast! For some reason, I figured that 18 eggs would be plenty. Hey, I wasn't going to be around to eat any of them anyway right? 7 for Hayden, 7 for Sage, and 4 for Marlee (she needed a whole lot of supervision so that she didn't drink the "juice"). Not nearly enough.
Note to self, eggs are cheap and lots of fun...next year, two dozen at least.




We arranged for Easter to happen on Saturday at our house this year as Heath and I were departing early Sunday morning, long before any bunnies get up. It was really nice, and I think I might make similar arrangements next year. We got up and discovered lots of surprises in our baskets. The bunny was a bit generous with the kiddos this year. (Was it guilt for leaving them? yeah, probably!) They each got a spring outfit, a new game, books, some silly little toys, and a bunch of candy.
We loaded up on chocolate bunnies and then headed off to the girl's daycare egg hunt.

It was a beautiful day for an egg hunt. Marlee didn't really get it, but when she is told to get eggs with candy in them, she can be persuaded. Sage frolicked about the eggs, while Hayden's style was more frantic. The eggs were jamb packed with candy and I was a bit overwhelmed with the amount of sugar we were taking home. Both girls were pleased to wear their pretty dresses, but Hayden was mostly ticked off that I would suggest such humiliation. He was sure he would be the only boy not in jeans. Lucky for me, lots of other moms are just as terrible.
The big, creepy bunny showed up. Marlee had already had enough of him and kept a good distance from him at all times. The ever popular refrain of "where did the Money (bunny) go?" was repeated over and over to make sure he didn't sneak up on her. Sage however needed more time with him and made sure to chat and visit and get some hugs in. She is a lover, that girl. She loves the bunny and made sure to thank him for all her surprises. Such a thoughtful little gal.
Hayden was too busy staining up his church pants with all the other boys to even notice.





Grandma and Grandpa arrived in time to go to our Bishop's house for another egg hunt and picnic with lots of friends and food. Again, more candy. The day was so busy, Sage had a birthday party somewhere in all that! (Can you believe that she got more candy in her goody bag from the party???)