Easter 2021

Easter Buckets were on the table ready to go, the night before:

We "attended" Easter service online.  The pastor was feeling unwell, so the message for everyone was delivered virtually. = /

After service everyone donned their holiday clothing, while Daddy hid the Easter Eggs.  Emily skipped breakfast and was not in the best of dispositions when it was time to hunt eggs.  Alice had a little bit of the 'tween' attitude, but candy goes a long way when it comes to participating in "little kid" activities.

Grace was hunting for purple eggs.

Juliet was looking for orange.

William was hunting for Blue.

Emily cried and moped about as she looked unsuccessfully for greens.  Once the others finished, they helped her track down her missing ones.

Alice was on yellow.  She could not find her final egg!  It turns out that Juliet had accidentally (but understandably) claimed it.  It was a translucent yellow egg with an orange recees inside, making it look orange. We figured it out when Juliet finished and had an extra.

When Avia came over, she took some family shots for us.

Alice didn't want to participate in our bunny pose, so we all helped giver her bunny ears.

Then, everyone gave me big hugs.  I fussed a bit, and seven was not happy that I'd made a distress noise and tried to "rescue" me.

We enjoyed a lovely ham meal, and then Billy and I headed out to enjoy a date. 

Once Emily had some food in her belly, and was back to her normal self, we headed back outside to take a few "make up" pictures in the evening.  They came out so much better!

The weather could not have been more beautiful.  It was a good reminder of the joy that comes with Jesus' resurrection. 

later days

Easter

I didn't take any pictures of the baskets this year (since my phone was already on the charger) but they were simple: a toothbrush*, two small chocolate bunnies, a stuffie and something specific to the personality of the recipient.  

This morning we made it to early service!  It was a nice service, though the kids unexpectedly (and happily) came back to us with filled eggs from a class egg hunt. = 0

After lunch, we switched out of coats and winter protection and took some pictures!  

We walked to the egg hunt, but Billy drove down, so that he didn't have to carry back 5 baskets full of candy. lol. = )

Strategy huddle!

We all donned our bunny ears for a picture with the bunny himself!

Billy couldn't help but appreciate the grass.

So the children feigned excitement too. hahahahaha. lol.

Then Billy threatened to push me in the river!  pah.

We didn't have much of a wait, but long enough that Grace began a whining regimen and William reverted to running around.

Once the whistle blew, the kids were off!  William & the twins were in the same age group this year.

And this was Alice's next to last year of egg hunting.  So, she has only one year left before she ages out.  How did that happen?

Emily was also in her own age group this year.  She was the only one in our famiy who found a special egg, and was awarded a pre-filled basket!

I love our little village.  It was such a sweet event, and much warmer than last year!

For our dinner we had ham, potatoes, peas & Hawaiian sweet rolls.

later days

*The toothbrush assortment at meijer left a bit to be desired, so I had to repeat on Alice and Juliet's from last year.  They were both really disappointed.  Alice didn't open hers, so I should be able to switch it out this week.  Juliet had hers completely out of the packaging before she complained.  So, she'll have to live with Ariel until Halloween. = /