EASTER!

This Easter seems to have zoomed by. First it snuck up on me and then seemed too short.

I spent the Saturday before making Ressa's Easter dress. She had picked out a cute pink and black fabric the day before at JoAnns. She wanted a dress that had a "spinning skirt like on Hairspray". I think I got that one right. We did a simple princess seamed bodice with a full circle skirt. She loved it so much she didn't take it off all week!! Sorry the picture is blurred... is off my phone. Will have to get a better one.



Cyanne instructed me that this year that she didn't want me to make anything for her. I guess she was under the impression that it wasn't "cool" to have mom make anything. I keep thinking that day will come, and then hope she will realize that sewing is one of the things I am really good at. Here's to hoping!

Around 8pm on Saturday Cyanne changed her mind, but we didn't have any material she wanted to use. I guess she learned her lesson for next year! She said she would actually like me to make her something in the future, and that she would give me some advance notice next time.

We dyed all three dozen eggs Saturday night. The kids and I have WAY too much fun drawing on them and seeing what patterns we can do with the dye. Nate thinks we are silly and doesn't stick around for the full 1 1/2-2 hours that we spend doing it. Rest assured that every member of the family, and just about every friend we have ever known had names on the eggs!!

Easter Sunday it was off to church. Ressa showed off her "spinning" dress to all her friends, and the older ones showed off their still colored fingers from dying eggs. The Easter egg hunt was highly anticipated!!

When we came home the Easter Bunny had placed all the eggs all over the yard. We went out to find the sand buckets he had left with all the goodies in them. We used the sand pails to gather all the eggs. Ammon really got into it this year! First he thought the eggs were balls and threw a couple. Only problem there was that he hated the shells flaking away. He soon caught on to the fact that they would break and was very gentle with the rest.












Foster found the most eggs... 21 in all. He even got one off the garage roof all by himself. He beat Cyanne out by 3. This accomplishment was all he could talk about for the rest of the day.

Nate spent most of the egg hunt bouncing on the trampoline and telling the kids if they were "hot or cold". At one point we thought he might get stuck in the avocado tree he was jumping so high!