Our Easter Saturday

We decided to do our Easter Bunny type stuff on Saturday. It was wonderful. Not only did it allow us to go to church the next day without being sugared up but it was such a nice relaxing day. The kids woke to find their Easter baskets and that Raider had come home. Mind you this was the day after Jade's party so Raider ran off that night and came home at 5am. Needless to say Mommy and Daddy were a little tired from looking for the dog most of the night. Ian told me I better hurry and get the camera so I bolted out of bed in time to get the kids opening their treats. Here is Jade enjoying a Cadbury egg first thing in the morning. Mmmm.

Daddy is showing her how it's done. He is the Cadbury egg expert.

These eggs the kids got were great. They are still playing with them. You hide them and they make noise and giggle and when you find and open them they say, "Surprise! You found me!". Totally cute.

Teagan just wanted me to take a picture of his blimp. He was turning the dial while I was taking the picture so it was a total coincidence I snapped the picture when it said HI MOM. Cool huh!?

After baskets we got out to play with Raider for a while.

Ugh isn't he such a pretty dog?

See Jade is covered in chocolate.

Teagan and Ian working off some sugar.

Time to do eggs. I just couldn't bring myself to sit jade down with a bunch of pots of dye. I thought for a bit and then I grabbed Teagan's water colors. She was more than happy to paint her eggs instead of dye them. It worked out great.

Teagan of course is allowed to dye eggs. He and Ian did them while I started dinner.

Look at her. You see while she can't be trusted with dye. She did a great job on her eggs though.

For dinner we had carne asada (from Oscar's of course) and I made rice and beans. The beans were terrible but the kids liked them. The recipe called for butter which was so gross to me. I made my usual rice recipe which we all like. This time I added carrots. Ian and I went to a place in Palm Desert that puts carrots in their rice. It absorbs the flavor of the rice and adds a little sweetness. It was really good.

We did our traditional night time hunt. This started because it was the only time of day available to do something with just our little family. Now we do it because it's fun and closes the gap because little kids and big kids hunting for eggs. The flash gives you a false idea of light. It's actually really dark out there. Teagan was upset this year because we didn't invite friends to hunt with. I hadn't even thought about it especially after having a big hunt the day before of Jade's birthday. Next year.

Daddy & Mommy

After the kids were done we turned on the lights while they checked out their goodies.

Raider kept chewing on Jade's foot. She was so into her eggs she didn't care.

We really enjoyed our Saturday Easter activities. We are going to do the same next year.