Easter 2012

Dear Abigail,

What a great Easter week/weekend we had this year! As I mentioned in an earlier post, we started the Easter week off with a trip to visit the bunny himself, and, as mentioned, you had nothing to do with that visit other than standing as far back as possible and asking to leave ASAP. On Wednesday, the Ryan and Ellie came over to help us dye some Easter eggs! We set it all up while you all ate pizza and then yanked your shirts off and got down to business...

While the eggs were soaking in the dye, the three of you would sing songs to pass the time. Songs included "ABC's", "Baa Baa Black Sheep" (a Ellie special), and "Twinkle, Twinkle".
The singing paid off because look at those beautiful eggs.
And Ryan had to have a pink egg. It's his favorite color, too.

Singing while the eggs were soaking got a little boring after awhile, so Mommy cranked up the music and we had a dance party!!! You and Ellie did your signature 'booty' moves and taught Ryan how to really dance. There was some belly banging and lots of running around in circles, but time was passed and energy was burned! Oh, and eggs were dyed!!

On Friday, your school had their Easter party and Kate, Daddy and I joined you for the fun. I snuck in with Kate and we surprised you while you were in circle time.
Earlier that week, Miss Jamie Jo told you (and the class) that the Easter bunny was going to stop by and drop off a bunch on eggs on the playground for everyone to hunt. Well... That was a mistake. Miss Jamie Jo did not remember your ever loving fear of Easter bunnies and such. Apparently on that day, you cried a little and told her you did not want to go outside and asked if you could just wait "5 more minutes" inside so the Easter bunny would leave. She said she calmed you down and finally convinced you to go outside, but that she was not going to mention that again to you! But, there were still eggs to hunt. So the day of the party, the day of the hunt, we made it VERY clear to you that the bunny would just drop the eggs off and leave and would be no where in site. And he wasn't (while you hunted eggs!)...

You were super excited to show me every single egg you found and very excited about that Cars egg. After finding all the eggs your class sat in a circle and begged to eat some candy, but we had to wait until we were inside.
Here's your EPS2 Class of 2012!

Once we were inside, Kate joined you at circle time! You were SUPER pumped about it and kept asking everyone to look at your sister!

You got lots of yummy food, including cookies and cupcakes, but a few minutes into the party and one of the directors of your school comes running into the class looking for me. She sees me and quickly whispers "The Easter bunny is on his way. Be prepared!!!" or something like that. She had NOT forgotten about your fear. That's why we love your school oh so much. Not only do they remember who's allergic to peanuts, but they know who's allergic to Easter bunny's!!! So, I holler at Daddy (b/c I'm feeding Kate) and in one swoop grabs you and heads straight out to the playground! And there you watched the Easter bunny entertain your class...

Soon after, we headed home and of course headed to Mexican.

On Saturday morning, you and I baked several goodies for Easter brunch and even cleaned the house a little. Then we got ready and met the e-n-t-i-r-e family for Papa's birthday party at the Park Inn.
Oh yeah, when I said entire, I meant the entire family! Uncle Jordan and Aunt Carly were even there, and Auntie Jill and Alexis, too!! We had a yummy meal and within seconds your cute little Easter outfit had tomatoes all down the front. Oh well...

After an early dinner, we headed over to the celebrity basketball game at Dickson High School. That's where Daddy went to school and you were super excited about that! See, Daddy's and Uncle Jaybee's friend from school has two little boys who are sick and so every year they put together a basketball game with celebrities to raise money to help them not be sick anymore. Last year you went with Daddy while Mommy was with your BFF traveling the world, or Austin, but this year Mommy got to go and what a fun time we had! You watched a little of the game, but you and Ellie were more involved in cheering for whoever made a basket! And then you got bored with that and decided running up and down the bleachers was the thing to do. And then Uncle Jaybee gave you a ring pop and that kept you seated for 8 minutes. And then it was back to the bleachers. Lots of bleacher playing = lots of Mommy being scared. But, it was all for a good cause and you had a ton of fun with your cousins! (and Papa, too!)
After the game, they let the kiddos play a little and you were first to get out there and try to score a goal!

We've got to work on your form, though...

It was a LATE night, but we made it home and we decided not to mention to you that the Easter bunny was probably going to make a pit stop at our house, and instead, you awoke surprised to find goodies waiting on you!

You even helped your sister get in the Easter spirit...

Soon after thanking the Easter bunny for the loot, we headed to the showers to get all spiffed up...
Sweet, sweet cousins...

We had a delicious Easter brunch with the family and enjoyed the beautiful weather by chilling on our back porch while the kiddos played and played. Finally, we hid some eggs and the girls went first on teh hunt.

Kate spotted an egg, too...

But a certain sister stole it right from up under her...

And a certain daddy was not happy about that...
And of course you dove into the candy inside those eggs. I tried to urge everyone to put non candy in it, and while a few had stickers and bubble, you found plenty with candy!

And then topped it off with the carrot cake cup cakes we made!

We enjoyed the rest of the afternoon outside and even ordered PF Changs take out for dinner, because nothing says Easter like chinese food, right? You had SUCH a blast with Caroline and Ellie. When you came downstairs to get ready and take a shower that morning, I went to take your pants off and low and behold you had a diaper on. Yep, y'all were playing house. And at one point you and Ellie were not clothed and apparently about to take a bath. "Because Caroline's our mommy and she said we needed a bath". Uh-huh. No...

Late Sunday everyone headed home and we headed to bed. It was a great, great Easter with our family!!!