Easter 2011

Easter is another favorite holiday of mine. I LOVE Easter candy- Cadbury creme eggs, Cadbury mini eggs, and Whopper eggs are my top 3. I buy extra and stash it away so I can make it last year round- but it never lasts that long, usually through the summer if I'm lucky.

We had fun preparing for Easter this year. Brooklyn and I decorated sugar cookies last week and they turned out as pretty as they were delicious. (Sorry for the blurry/grainy photos- my camera is in hiding so I had to use my iPhone) As you can see, Brooklyn's into sporting peace signs in her pictures now. 8 year olds can be so cute :)

Decorating our Easter eggs. Lola was in heaven and of course cried when we ran out of eggs to color.

The Saturday before Easter we took Lola to her first egg hunt. It was SO crowded with kids and their parents- it was crazy! But Lola loved it and even found herself a few eggs before the mob got to the rest.

A video of Lola's first Egg hunt


She was so excited to find that the eggs came apart and had c.a.n.d.y in them! Lola is well aware of the word candy and would eat nothing but if you let her!
She was pretty nervous about meeting the Easter Bunny. She kept squirming the closer in line we got to him and then wouldn't let me put her down next to him (or even look at him) but we got a pic anyway.

The girls on Easter morning. Brooklyn came over Saturday afternoon and stayed through Sunday morning after baskets. She was a great big sister and helped Lola find her basket first and also a few of the eggs before showing her how the pros do it.
Checking out their Easter goods...
Hunting for eggs
and counting out how many they found. Lola was more concerned with counting how much candy she had :)
Betty Winter thoroughly enjoyed the plastic grass. I am still finding pieces of it all over the house from her dragging it around and playing with it.
Lola in her new Easter dress.
Playing with Betty
Easter Sunday we went to church and then over to my Aunts for dinner with our family. My Aunt and Uncle hid eggs with our names on them and cash inside. They also hid one extra egg with a 'bonus bill' in it and Luke was the lucky finder of that egg! After dinner we also played in a crack tournament- where 2 people would roll their egg towards each others and only one egg would crack eliminating that person and moving on to the next round. Luke won the tournament as well and received a very sweet trophy to keep until next years round. Sadly, I forgot my camera so I didnt get any pics of the Easter festivities. It was a great day and we are so lucky we could share it with our family and loved ones. Hope everyone had a Happy Easter as well!