Easter 2013

We started our Easter celebrate a few days early by coloring Easter eggs.  Charlie was a little excited...

Coloring Easter eggs was one of those activities that I assume will be loads of fun and take some time.  It was loads of fun, but start to finish it was probably 10 minutes.  Quality minutes, but still 10 minutes.  God bless day care because I don't know how I would keep Charlie engaged 7 days a week.

We had an Easter egg hunt at a local elementary school with my side of the family.  Below is a picture of Grandma and Grandpa Gehl with the Gehl grandkids (minus Lucy who had just fallen asleep and was cozy inside the house).

 An action shot - it's amazing the difference one year can make.  Charlie was really excited about the Easter Bunny and we practiced the hunt by hiding eggs around the house for a few days.  He kept asking why the Easter bunny was coming to his house and I didn't have a good answer.  Seriously, how is Easter connected to a giant bunny that delivers goodies?  I told him not to question a good thing.

 Even big boys needs a little help sometimes so it's nice to have an army of cousins willing to help!  All of the grandkids were lucky to walk away with some age-appropriate treats, some cold hard cash and a giant chocolate bunny from Uncle Marty. 

 We celebrated Easter on Saturday evening with BJ's family and true to form, the camera stayed in its bag.  A good time was had by all and the kids were lucky enough to receive more Easter goodies.  The Easter Bunny has stepped up its game since the early 80's.

The Easter Bunny officially visited Charlie and Lucy Sunday morning while we were in Cascade.  I failed to snap a picture of Charlie with his basket, but he received some bubbles, a kite, a book and (of course) M&M's.  I took a picture of Lucy with her in-tact basket when we got home.  She was lucky to receiving some stacking cups, a few bath toys and Gerber puffs.  The Easter Bunny appreciates the kids that are too young to have standards.

Charlie's room at daycare celebrated SuperHeroes and he was in heaven.  His obsession with Spider-Man was in full effect as he was in character one night after his bath and refused to break.  BJ was trying to help him put his jammies on and he kept announcing "I am Spider-Man" and project his web at BJ.  The problem is that he can't make the "s" sound and he was stark naked so we couldn't help but laugh at him, which only infuriated "Pider-Man" even more.  I tell you what, if his persistence and determination for certain activities can be applied to constructive activities, he will be fine.

BJ and I were supposed to have date night last night, but our sitter canceled an hour before we were supposed to leave.  We were bummed because we were looking forward to eating at a restaurant that didn't pass out colors and a coloring book with our menus.  We decided to order a meal to go and recreate date night at our kitchen table.  As we were trying to eat, the following things were happening: Lucy was banging one of her hard-surfaced toys on her high chair; Copper was flinging his chewy at my feet, taunting me to chase him; and Charlie was in the bathroom making a deposit.  We've had some bad dates before, but never have we had our meal interrupted to go wipe the bottom of a fellow diner.  One of those nights that I'm sure we'll miss when the kids are out with their friends and we can go to any restaurant that we like.
We spent as much time outside this weekend as possible and it felt great!  Charlie rode his bike, we went for multiple walks and we even stopped by the park.  Fresh air makes for tired, but happy kids!