Easter is Never Tardy

Note: I know this post is a month late. I have a good excuse. Our house blew up. I am trying to catch up. I will. Behold, the first of the catching up.

Our kiddos are the cutest, most amazing, most precious kids on the planet. Lily has no idea what Easter is, why it's important but she is fully on board with the secular way that we celebrate it: by searching for candy.

Despite being a little, she really cleaned up on the candy. In fact, a month later, I still have 60% of those same eggs in the back of my car (which leads to fun little stowaway incidents as the kids try to climb in my car to find the candy).

Jamisen totally knows what Easter is about. It is not about Jesus Christ miraculously rising from the grave; no, it is about candy. And it is about candy that is scarce. And must be elbowed and clawed for. We were worried that he might pull a 'wallflower' and not fully participate in the giving spirit (wait, did I say, 'giving?' I meant, candy-fueled, bonkers, craven, exploration that is children's group Easter egg hunts). Ha! That kid was full on WWF and certainly swooped onto his fair share of the sugar happiness.

The kids also enjoyed more sedate activities, once it was clear that candy was not currently on the agenda. 

It was super nice that both of the children's Easter Egg hunts that we went to had an area for little teensy kids to hunt for eggs without being fully run over and marauded by those older kids; you know, those 4 and 5 year olds.

That look of rapture is because she knows exactly what is in all the eggs she is gathering. Special thanks to Auntie Sharon for that outfit. I'll have you know that when the house exploded and we could only grab one suitcase of clothes for the kids in a 7 minute period, that dress was the one I took. It is THAT cute and special.

Notice the fireman boots? Those are the last time we saw those beloved boots. We lost them on Easter day and had to buy another pair. Jamisen was heartbroken (like, seriously, bereft) that we couldn't find them. 

Big thanks to Uncle Erik and Auntie Cheriss for going way way way above and beyond to host the entire family for Easter brunch. They even made pancakes in the shape of Easter Bunny faces. It was awesome; not just because the pancakes were pseudo-healthy protein pancakes that tasted delicious (!). It felt so good to be together on Easter as a family after all we've gone through in the last two months.