Easter actually landed on B's birthday this year! Needless to say, it was tough trying to create fun for both his birthday and for Easter. Honestly, I think B got ripped off a little. =( We took him to eat a yummy brunch at one of his favorite places, Z'Tejas. And on his birthday, we let him sleep in and then we served him breakfast in bed--yummy bunny pancakes!
I didn't get him too much this year...just a nerdy math mug and some delicious chocolate. Like I said, I think he got ripped off this year. I just didn't have enough in me to do his birthday up and do Easter up, too.
We had a fun Easter party with Eli's class.
We've always had empty plastic eggs in the house and that's how Eulee thought they came. At the party, she opened her first filled plastic egg...picked up a jellybean...put it in her mouth...and she was in heaven! She couldn't believe the goodness that just came out of that egg! So she continued finding more eggs and opening them and eating the goodies inside. She loved it! Now she knows the secret...and now she's always looking for eggs.
Of course cascarones were also popular items!
On Good Friday we headed up to Austin for the day to celebrate J's birthday. We got sno cones (of course!), went bowling, and then had a nice dinner together. Eulee loved bowling...she loved pushing the ball down the little ramp thing. So cute!
We spent the rest of the weekend decorating eggs. I tried 2 new ways to decorate the eggs. For one technique you use a crayon on the egg while it's still warm after being boiled. This makes the crayon melt and the colors look awesome! It's best to move the crayon slowly...Eli quickly lost interest in this technique!
Then we tried using watercolor. The colors were amazing...bright and beautiful! The only downside is that if you refrigerate them and then take them out to peel them, the paints get on your fingers. But it's all washable and non-toxic, so it wasn't a big deal to me. We also used just thin, permanent markers, too.
On Easter, the kids searched for their baskets.
For Eulee's basket we just filled Easter eggs with her favorite treat--mini-marshmallows. She loved it!
Then the kids were supposed to look for the Chocolate Bunny around the house. We hide a big chocolate bunny and the kids get NO clues about where it's hidden. So they could find it the same day, or a week later. BUT this year we hid the bunny too low and Eulee got to it first...without anyone knowing. By the time we noticed, she had already torn off all the pretty gold wrapping! The older kids were so disappointed. So I had to re-hide it somewhere higher. And Elina found it!
We also did an egg hunt and Easter dinner with AJ and her family.
We all had fun playing and eating. We also celebrated B's birthday there. I made a chocolate raspberry cake and it was really beautiful and really yummy!
Definitely a fun, but busy Easter this year!
We've always had empty plastic eggs in the house and that's how Eulee thought they came. At the party, she opened her first filled plastic egg...picked up a jellybean...put it in her mouth...and she was in heaven! She couldn't believe the goodness that just came out of that egg! So she continued finding more eggs and opening them and eating the goodies inside. She loved it! Now she knows the secret...and now she's always looking for eggs.
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