Easter

The Monday before Easter had F.H.E. with Melanie & Ryan and dyed eggs with the kids. It was fun, though Lincoln & Trace needed quite a bit of encouragement and assistance! Trace refused to use a spoon to move his eggs in & out of the dye and you'll notice one of his hands ended up a nice bright pink.


We went to a community egg hunt at the city offices and had a great time... it was all about the kids having a good time and I didn't see a single cutthroat parent playing "My kids can get more eggs than yours can" like our unfortunate experience last year. Lincoln was still a little iffy on the procedure of an egg hunt - he wanted to sit down and play with each egg rather than getting more. He did a great job and got to meet the Easter Bunny to boot!


Saturday afternoon we had the Thayer clan over for an Easter lunch which was very yummy and then we spent time with the Douglas clan on Sunday - Lincoln opened his Easter basket there and we had another egg hunt with the cousins. He had really got the hang of it by that time!


Good food, good friends, good times!!!

Easter

Easter morning I caught Lincoln mid-super-excited-hyperventilating-laugh about all the candy & toys he found in his basket. The first few seconds are hilarious. The rest is just random recording, as I don't have the software to edit it.

Getting up in the rain and going to the park for egg hunt that lasted less than 30 seconds may not have been worth it. It was completely crazy - a total madhouse! Forget about letting the kids pick up anything, it was each parent for themselves... so Lincoln didn't make out too well. But we had a basket for him at home & then a great Easter egg hunt at Grandma & Grandpa Douglas' that afternoon.

Nate & Lincoln getting ready to hunt eggs in the freezing cold!

The crazy crowd at the local park!
Nate & Lincoln are hiding behind the Grandma in the tan coat...
She didn't actually help with the hunt though, she was just a plant
by some parents to get in the way of other egg hunters. It worked.


This egg... this mini egg, no less, was the only one Lincoln even got!

Good thing Grandma had an egg hunt too.
It was so much funner without a huge crowd!


Some cupcakes I made for Easter dinner... well dessert.
I thought they turned out pretty cute.