Easter fun

Although we totally overscheduled Saturday (somehow I failed to make the connection that the Saturday of Spring Break, when we scheduled Ethan’s birthday celebration, was also the Saturday of the Easter Party at church and the Easter Vigil, when Ethan was heavily involved in the service at night), Easter was a lot of fun this year. 

The weather on Saturday was nice enough that we were able to take the Burley out for the first time and bike over to church. The party butts right up against nap time (okay, it really cuts into nap time), so being able to bike home saved about 20 minutes of “commuting” time. (John and Ethan had to leave with the van to pick up his friends for the birthday celebration.) 

Colin and Veronica were old enough this year to really start to enjoy the party — especially the egg hunt in the garden. And there are TONS of kids at church in their age-range. Even better, now that they’ve been going to Sunday School, they know many of the kids. 

You can tell they’re very comfortable at church now, because as soon as I got them out of the Burley and their bike helmets, they were off and into the building. (I turned around from getting the lock off my handlebars just in time to see the door closing behind them.) Fortunately, more kids were coming in, and their grandma was able and willing to “pick up” Colin and Veronica to shepherd them up the stairs while I locked up.

They mostly just wandered around the party watching all the activities (and raiding the snack table) until it was time for the Itty Bitties to do their egg hunt in the garden. I gave them each their baskets when it was time to line up, and told them we were going to find eggs to put in our baskets. I turned my back for a minute and suddenly there they were with their baskets filled with eggs — the hard boiled eggs the other kids had colored. 

Smart cookies. Next time I’ll have to be more specific. 

So we put those back and went to gather the treat-filled eggs instead. Despite insisting on opening each egg as they found it (and spilling treats all over the grass) they had a blast and ended up with full baskets. 

Unfortunately, I never took any pictures of them all dressed up in their Easter clothes. You'll just have to enjoy these instead.

Colin and Veronica get a little help from a friend.

Wild hair girl rocking her new pink skinny jeans.

Oh look! A purple one.