Easter 2013

Easter weekend was so nice in our new house this year! The neighborhood Easter egg hunt was very nice (and civilized). In our old neighborhood, the parents were cray cray. I swear they would go nuts over the idea of free candy and were elbowing people to help themselves their kids get some candy. We did it one year in the old neighborhood and didn't go back. It's just not fun when your kid gets run over for some jelly beans. We decided to give our new hood a chance and it was super nice! There was only one crazy parent but isn't there always one (she actually yelled out...."we called that one"....as Paige approached an egg. hahaha)??? One of 50+ parents ain't bad! We really are enjoying our new neighbors and our whole neighborhood. It's a refreshing change of pace around here!

We also decorated Easter eggs for the first time ever!! Just Claire and I. Paige can help next year. I was kind of petrified of dye and a big mess but it turned out to be pretty awesome. We will definitely do it every year. Thanks to Pinterest, the sharpie drawings on the eggs was a big hit! (tip: coloring plain white eggs is the easiest)

Easter morning the kids searched for eggs in our beautifully landscaped dirt backyard. Thank goodness for a few scattered weeds to "hide" some eggs behind! Later that day, the girls donned their pretty dresses (yearly gifts from all of their aunties) and we went to Tom and Carla's for our usual Easter celebration. I love Tia (Carla)....she has gone from having cute Easter baskets of goodies to just hiding gifts behind trees along with the eggs. It's pretty comical to see bunny bath loofahs hanging in the lime tree! The girls sure do love it and we love having an awesome dinner watching the sunset! Family time is the very best!!