Easter Fun

I love Easter time. Not just because we get to reflect on Christ's atonement (the most important reason to celebrate), but it also means spring is here and the kid's get to enjoy the excitement of the Easter bunny, egg hunts and coloring eggs.

This week we colored some eggs. Aidan I think, is kind've growing out of the novelty of dyeing eggs, but Kellen still loves it and of course it was Curren's first time to experience it. Curren was getting very frustrated with me because he couldn't understand why I wouldn't leave the bowl with the dye and egg right next to him so he could splash to his heart's desire. Aidan colored one egg and was done and Kellen waited patiently for the dye to color each egg accordingly.

Today, Saturday our neighborhood - The Meadows was having two Easter Egg events. One put on by the association, an Eggstravaganza, and one by a neighborhood church. We opted for the neighborhood church. They were supposed to drop eggs from a helicopter, but in typical Colorado springtime fashion it was way too windy. So instead the volunteers laid the eggs all over the field. They had two fields to cover, one for the 7 and up crowd and one for the 6 and under crowd. We decided to keep Aidan with us as long as he agreed not to be too pushy.

Look at all them eggs

Aidan's school buddies and their siblings

As you can see from the pictures there were plenty of eggs to go around. Everyone had their buckets filled. Once Curren got the hang of the Easter egg hunt business he just had fun collecting eggs, filled with goodies or not. It was taking the egg apart and putting it back together which intrigued him the most.

Look at all their loot!

The boys emptied the contents from their eggs. The best part for Curren

Tomorrow, the Easter bunny should leave some goodies for the kids and hide some eggs then, we'll enjoy the rest of General Conference and my mom and step-dad will come over for dinner. Can't wait to enjoy our food! Honey-baked ham, roasted asparagus, green bean casserole (Rick insists), potatoes au gratin (courtesy of Food Network, hope it turns out as well as it looks), homemade rolls, salad and ice-cream cake from Baskin-Robbins.

Here's to a wonderful Easter everyone!