Easter

On Easter morning, Emily work us all up in the pre crack of dawn. We were able to entertain her a little until we got the twins up to go check out what the Easter bunny left. When we got downstairs, all the girls seemed very excited and took time looking through their baskets. The first things they really got into were the suckers and sunglasses. After they played with their stuff a little, I started working on making waffles for breakfast. Once we had breakfast, got everyone showered and dressed, we headed outside. There, we presented the girls each with their own Bibles to take with them to church. They seemed to really enjoy getting them. After that, we played with the chicks and ducks before heading to church to meet the Sizemore group.

After church we all headed back to my Dad's where the kids played with the chicks and ducks, ate lunch, had an Easter egg hunt, and then worked on a special painting project Leslie had come up with. All the kids seemed to thoroughly enjoy painting.

Easter Egg Hunt at Mom's House

On the Saturday morning before Easter we all headed over to Mom's house for a mini Easter egg hunt and lunch. Along for the trip were the chicks and ducks. When we arrived, the kids showed off the chicks and ducks. After we had played with the animals a little while, we headed inside to start the Easter egg hunt. It had been raining a lot during the week, so Mom had hid the eggs inside. The kids had a great time looking for them and afterwards decided to try hiding them again outside. After hiding eggs more and playing, we all headed in for lunch.

Easter Egg Dying

On Sunday afternoon, after nap time we all headed to the back yard in order to partake in a little Easter egg dying fun. I had boiled 2 1/2 dozen eggs that morning and put old t-shirts on the kids. We all huddled around the kids picnic table. Emily decided to try the first egg in the egg spinner. It seemed to be a hit and all the kids then took turns trying the egg spinner and painting the eggs with paint sticks. Emily's favorite thing seemed to be the spinner for a while and then moved on to the paint sticks. Ansley loved being meticulous with painting her eggs with the paint sticks. Bailey just loved making a mess and trying to eat the painted eggs, shell and all. I was thinking the first bit would deter her, but the taste test continued throughout the afternoon. After all the surviving eggs were dyed, I took the eggs, along with some plastic ones, to the front and hid them. They all loved finding eggs and we repeated the process until the little ones didn't want to give up their eggs to have them hidden again. So we then just enjoyed the beautiful day int he back yard.

Easter 3-23-08

After leaving the house, we headed to Calvary Baptist to meet Leslie's group, Daddy, Katrina, and Christian for church. It was a very nice service. Afterwards we headed to Daddy's for lunch and an Easter egg hunt. After Emily and Christian found the eggs the first time, Christian just wanted to see what was inside the eggs, but Emily was really just into the thrill of the hunt so Daddy and I hid the eggs a few more times before I headed home with the girls.

Easter Morning 3-23-08

While I was making waffles for Emily and I, Mom arrived to see everyone. After breakfast, I bathed and dressed Ansley and Bailey. Then Emily and I took showers and got ready for church. Before leaving for church, we got pictures of the girls in their Easter dresses.

Easter Bunny Time 3-23-2008

This morning, the girls enjoyed what the Easter bunny brought last night. Emily quickly started looking through her wheel barrow. She really loved her shovel, her Dora plate, and her smarties. Ansley went for her boat first, while Bailey found her smarties. We opened a few of the smarties and all the girls loved them!! After the girls had played with their stuff for a while, before we ate breakfast.

Egg Dying and Hunt March 22, 2008

On Saturday afternoon, Mom came over to join in the egg dying festivities. I had boiled the eggs on Friday, so as soon as we pulled out our bowls, threw in the dye tablets, and the warm water, we were in business. Emily really enjoyed dying the eggs and out of 18 eggs, only 1 got broken in the dying process. Being princess Emily, she had to keep washing her hands to get the dye off. When they were dry she put on a couple of stickers and then was ready to hide them. I went out to the front yard and hid the eggs. She was so excited, she kept peeking out the front blinds. After I hid them, I went back in to get Emily, Mom and I each grabbed a baby and it was "ready, set, go" time. Emily did a great job finding the eggs and wanted to do it over and over. I hid the eggs a few more times and then Mom hid them some. I was so beautiful outside. Even Ansley and Bailey scooted around to get eggs. It was really cute to see Bailey walking on all fours gathering up eggs. Ansley was happy to get one and play with it. After about 6 rounds of hunting, so of the eggs were starting to fall apart, so we had one last hunt before calling it quits to eat dinner.

Easter Egg Hunt at Palmetto Prep 3-21-08

On Friday after noon, March 21st, I arrived at Palmetto Prep around 2:00 pm. It was a gorgeous day!! When I got there, I headed to Emily's class to help in getting set up for the Easter party. Mrs. Taylor, the other pre-k teacher was there, so I helped her in getting the drinks ready before Ms. Doyle arrived back in the class with Mrs. Taylor's students. Mrs. Taylor took her students and met up with Ms. Doyle's class, while Ms. Doyle and I headed out to the infant play ground to hide the eggs. After we had started hiding the eggs, Amy, the room mother for Ms. Doyle's class arrived and helped us finish hiding the eggs. Needless to say, there were lots of eggs, and towards the end we ran out of hiding places so we started scattering them in the grass. After hiding the eggs, we headed back to the class to get the kids plates fixed for the party. Soon after we started fixing them, Daddy and Katrina arrived to help. We go t things set up and then headed back outside to meet up with the kids. On our way, we headed to Ansley and Bailey's door to see them. Luckily their hunt was starting so we were able to get them and help them in looking for eggs. Ansley immediately found two in the play tunnel and she was happy. Bailey found her first one and she was thrilled. The girls seemed to want to play in the grass with their eggs, so we took a seat and they shook their eggs. Soon, Emily's class arrived. They were coming through the toddler playgroup and heading over to the infant play ground to start their hunt. I carried Bailey and Daddy had Ansley for Emily's hunt. Unlike the toddles, it was fast and furious for the big kids in the pursuit of eggs. They all seemed to have a great time and Emily's basket was overflowing with eggs. Towards the end, the kids loved showing their eggs off to Mrs. Taylor, Ms. Doyle, and all the other parents and grandparents. After the hunt was over, we all headed back over to Emily's class for the party. The kids really enjoyed their snacks, but I think they were more anxious than anything to open their eggs. We did not stay a long time before headed over to Ansley and Bailey's class to pick up their bags and snack. They were also having a party in their room. After getting their stuff, we all headed out, I took the little ones, and Emily headed home with Daddy and Katrina to spin the night.

Michelin Easter Egg Hunt

Unfortunately, on Saturday morning we awoke to a rainy day. However, the Michelin annual Easter egg hunt was planned for rain or shine so we proceeded over to Pelham Rd around 9:30. John had to work to get ready to go out of town Monday, so me and the girls met up with Mom and Dave in the parking lot at Michelin. When we arrived, there was a break in the rain so we headed to the front entrance of the building. They had moved the animals under the awning due to the rain. Emily really loved feeding the baby goats. Fortunately they were hungry, so they were all anxious to drink the milk. Soon, Laura, Scott, Alyssa, and Ashton arrived so we paused for a group photo of the kids.

Soon, it was time to head inside and get ready for the hunt. While mom and Bailey waited in line, Emily, Ansley, and I made our way around to a few of the games. First was basketball, then tossing rings, then leap frog. I think the frog game was Emily's favorite. We were unaware the hunt started, so we played a few games and accidentaly missed it. With the rain, it was really short in the rooms they had set up. Once we realized it had just started, we walked over to the room and everyone was filing out. They had a bag of eggs and they gave Emily some. After eggs, we waited in the line to see the Easter bunny. Bailey was really curious about the bunny and kept trying to play with his nose. Ansley and Emily were very into the slinkies they had gotten, so no one really decided to pose for the pictures. After that we made our way around for some more games, snack, and then to the bounce house on another level. Things had gotten nice outside, so they were moving things back outside.

We headed outside where Emily wanted to ride the train. While Emily, Bailey, and Mom rode the train, Ansley and I watched them go around the parking lot. On their way back, I happen to see a girl I know from the Multiples Club, Suzanne Tintenger. We visited a little bit while Emily, Mom, and Bailey say the fire truck and the goats.

We hung around for a little while longer for Emily to play some more games, before packing up and heading home. It was a lot of fun!!