Some Bunny Loves Easter

Our little bunnies LOVE Easter. They are super enamored with the holiday for many reasons, the prime one being family time. Our kiddos are so joy-filled with the house is filled with people that love them, interact with them and generally make them feel supported and secure. This time, we had Uncle Erik, Aunt Cheriss, Baby Alise, and Grandma and Grandpa Faiola.

Another reason for them to love Easter? The science! The experiments around boiling versus baking eggs; the coloration station (with 3 different types of colorants and styles); the mystery of if brown eggs would dye as well as white eggs. It was all fun for our burgeoning scientist. 

Our eggs turned out great! It turns out that organic brown eggs make a fantastic palette for coloring. There was some skepticism by all present but, I kept the faith and was rewarded for it. 

Jamisen is really turning out to be such a loving and kind older brother and cousin. Today, Lily fell off a chair and hit her head on the table. He immediately ran to the freezer, shouting "Ice Pack! Ice Pack" and delivered an ice pack to Lily, who promptly went all princess on him, crying, "No, not that ice pack! Not that ice pack!" so he gallantly headed back to the freezer for yet another ice pack of a different color. He presented the new blue ice pack to her (apparently, the pink ice pack was offensive) and was rewarded with a 'Thank You' from Lily and effusive praise from his Mama.

Baby Alise had her own area for eggs. In the photo above, I'm hopeful that Jamisen is merely pointing out eggs to Alise and not actually stealing candy from a baby.

Jamisen had been planning for Easter all morning, drawing up signs and planning on how he would tell the kids 'Ready, Set, Go.' When that didn't happen because no other adults besides his Mother had been let in on the plan (yes, yes, I get it; major fail on Mom's part to not tell anyone), he did not adjust well. He missed the first half of the egg hunt because he was off pouting, hiding, and generally being a poorly-behaved 4 year old. Lucky for him, his sister was not the world's fastest egg hunter so he was able to still fill his basket after he regained his emotional equilibrium.

We had a rare and awesome not-Easter Saturday; it was SO sunny which was amazing this early in the year. We did Easter on Saturday because of the weather and Erik's shift work and it turned out perfectly because Sunday was a mush pit of rain.

Little Lily picked out her own outfit. I love her in dresses but she doesn't love wearing them so it was nice that she dressed up for the Easter Bunny's appearance.

Grandma Faiola loves her grandbabies. We are all so thankful that she comes up to spend extra time with all the grandbabies. She reads to them and spends lots of time outdoors with them.

Easter was so fun and laughter-filled. We love our family and we love any opportunity to get together and celebrate.  =)