Easter Bunny & Eggs

The Easter Bunny came to see the boys, and he left goodies!  Ryland and Reed were thrilled to see all the candy, books, and trinkets that filled their Easter baskets. 

 

If you have ever wondered how the Easter Bunny gets in your house, we figured it out.  He comes through the front door, or at least he did this year.  He left bunny prints from the door all the way to the family room where he dropped off the baskets.  Silly bunny! 

 

The boys were excited to hunt for eggs.  They put on their comfy clothes and grabbed their new grabbers.

 

Just about...

 

A little help from Daddy and Reed was able to get an egg off the stone fence.

 

 

Cooper sniffed out the eggs for Reed.

 

After all the eggs were found, we enjoyed the beautiful day outside.  John Chris and I started talking about landscaping the back yard.  We heard the boys laughing hysterically, so we walked over to see what was so funny.  Reed had smashed all the eggs in his basket.  He either slammed them on the concrete patio or crushed them with his hands.  He also attempted to eat a few.  Yummy shells too.

GCSML Easter Party

It was a beautiful day outside, so we headed to Parr Park to enjoy the GCSML's annual Easter Party.  As I was getting all our stuff together and loading the truck, I came back in the house to find the boys wearing their Easter baskets as hats. 

 

The boys were not interested in the snacks or games that were set up for the party.  They wanted to play on the playground.  Ryland has mastered the huge rope web, and he climbed all the way to the center.

 

Reed is still a little small for the big web, so he practiced on the little one.  He was very intense and determined to make it across.

 

It was time for the egg hunt.  Ryland and Reed participated in the "big boy hunt" this year, and they found lots of eggs.  Reed would find one, sit down and open the egg, eat the candy, and then go look for another.  This method lessened his overall take home, but he mastered the sugar intake limit.  Ryland ran all over the place grabbing the eggs and then chowed down on the treats.

 

Neither Ryland or Reed had much interest in taking a picture with the Easter bunny.  They both said "Hi" and gave her a high five, but the thought of waiting in line with two sugar crazed boys swayed us to skip. 

 

Before we could leave the park, Ryland and Reed had to chase this poor squirrel up the tree.  The squirrel must have been amused, because it ran around the base of the tree 10 times before inching up.  It then ran around several more times and inched up a little.  I was shocked that it stayed so low and within reach of the boys for so long.  It eventually ran up the tree to catch its breath and laugh. 

 

 

Happy Easter

The Easter bunny visited the boys and left lots of goodies.

He left a trail of jelly beans from both boys' bedrooms down the stairs to the family room. It was hard to keep Cooper from nibbling them, so we held him back until the boys woke up. At first Ryland thought the bunny made a mess, but we explained that he put them out so they could find the baskets.
Ryland was thrilled to see a new coloring book about Firefighters!

Reed looked through his goodies, and then he started sneaking to Ryland's stash. He had his eye on the carrot golf club.

A quick smile while wearing the bunny mask, and it was time to get ready for church. We have been talking a lot about Easter, but Ryland doesn't get that Jesus grew up. He still refers to him as Baby Jesus. We have a great board book that is age appropriate, and we have been reading it in hopes of it clicking one day. We attended the N'awlins Gumbo Kings service, and Ryland was excited to come to big church with mommy and daddy. Reed made it for about 15 minutes before heading to the nursery.

After church and a late lunch at MiCocina, we came home for short naps before hunting eggs. The silly Easter bunny hid some eggs low and some high. We think he was trying to allow both boys to find eggs.

The butterflies were beautiful today. There were about 5 or 6 that were all over one of our bushes in the backyard.

Reed found two eggs.

The eggs were crushed, but that didn't stop the fun. Go get them, Reed.

Since we had a good bit of rain Easter morning, the eggs were suffering. The dye was getting pretty messy. The bright color was rubbing off everywhere.

Ryland was once again covered in dye and this time he was over it! The egg hunt is a wrap.

Easter party

Massive egg hunt time! Since Ryland is so interested in hunting eggs this year, we headed to the local park for an Easter party.

Jackpot! Look at these huge eggs! Ryland headed over to the massive eggs at the base of the tree. He was a little confused when he looked inside and there wasn't a treat. I explained that they were just decorations, and he quickly forgot about them.

After hunting eggs for a little while, we took a break to play on the playground. Our play time was cut short, because it started to rain. Ryland didn't want to leave, but then I reminded him about all the eggs he had found. Suddenly, he was headed to the truck saying "eggs, momma, eggs in the truck".

Play group Easter party

We had an awesome Easter party with our play group. The kiddos had treats, eggs, and a bounce house. Tamara did a fantastic job planning and organizing the party. It was a ton of fun!

Ryland and Harker enjoyed a wagon ride. Nicole snapped this photo as I pulled them along the fence in the shade - all while holding Reed. Multitasker has become my first name these days.


Time to hunt for eggs. The kids run out to find the eggs.

Ryland quickly finds some eggs to put in his bunny basket.

On the hunt for more eggs. Ryland really got into it this year. He was running and grabbing every egg he could get his hands on.

Time to jump in the bounce house.

Trying to put on the bunny ears. I tried explaining that they go on the top of his head, but he wanted to wear them on the back of his head.

Reed was worn out from all the morning festivities. Nap please!

Easter party

Ryland and I headed to the park for my moms' group Easter party. I wasn't expecting such a festive party with the Easter bunny, tons of food, egg hunt, and what felt like a million kids. I wasn't sure how Ryland would react to the Easter bunny, but I was pleasantly surprised. He absolutely loved him and did not want to get off his lap. After the pictures we walked over to the pavilion to grab a bite to eat. He took off back to the bunny jabbering and laughing.
The egg hunt was totally crazy! Ryland did not really care to collect the eggs. He picked up one and started shaking it. He wanted to just sit and shake the egg while all the other kids ran around gathering eggs.

When he finally decided to get up, he grabbed an open blue egg laying on the ground. He thought it was hilarious. Oh, the simple pleasures. (Notice the bruised knot on the forehead.)

Eggstravaganza

Our church had the annual Easter Eggstravaganza for the little members. All walking kids to 2nd grade are invited to participate in crafts, face painting, egg hunting, and to listen to the story of Easter.

We joined in the fun this year with Ryland.
The egg hunt did not require a ton of "hunting" skills. The eggs were laid on the lawn in front of the sanctuary.

Ryland loves the Chick-fil-A cow. The minute he spotted him, he started screaming with joy.

Dad gives Ryland a ride to the truck.

Shoes are for chewing, right?