The kids made decorations for the house to celebrate the coming of the holiday.
Maybe next year we can get some pictures of a resurrection scene. We'll work on that.
Regardless of the desired topic of Easter, we still color eggs. I bought eggs about a week or so...white ones...so the colors would be nice and bright...not camo (which is what coloring brown eggs looks like).
We finally have enough white crayons to supply each decorator with their own. Daniel made good use of his.
There aren't very many colored crayons, so those had to be shared. Rebekah got one here. I think that tongue has something to do with the creative process.
Leah is showing me her egg. Nathan's probably wondering if she really thinks I can see the white crayon on the white egg.
Joseph doesn't feel any less able to color eggs than the rest of the kids. It makes me a nervous wreck, but we both survived. Some of the eggs weren't so lucky.
Our end result was a very pretty display. It won't be very many more years before we'll have to color more eggs just to give everyone enough to decorate. They'd better pick up with their egg eating then!
This year I organized 3 treasure hunts with clues in plastic eggs. The girls had one, the boys had one and Chad had one...each with a new game at the end of the hunt. Each one varied in difficulty. The boys had to help Chad with his. ;)
The girls found one clue in the cookie jar. "Here is where you lookie, when you want a cookie."
The boys are looking for a clue in the library. I can't think what clue this would have been, so I'm guessing they're looking in the wrong place. :)
Chad's final clue led him to the cookbooks. "1 c. flour, 2t sugar, bake at 350." (or something like that)
Nathan wanted to show me what one of the games was. Wow...look at that mess on the floor behind him. Someone should really clean up around here!
We held the treasure and egg hunts on Saturday, before General Conference started. The kids had fairly simple baskets this year. They got a fish aquarium as a collective gift. (The aquarium and games came from Craigslist...love that CL!)
We made the kids go downstairs while we hid eggs and set out their baskets. Then we called them up and let them into the room according to age.
Except for Sarah. We let her see where we hid the eggs. She promised not to tell. :) Cute girl! She was the perfect size to wear this cute bunny outfit. I think it was a hand-me-down from her cousin. ?
Electric toothbrushes were the highlights in the baskets. Rebekah liked hers enough to request a picture with it.
Sarah's Easter basket held only one item. Everyone gets a stuffed bunny on their first Easter.
FINALLY! It was time for the actual egg hunt. Joseph started us off. He really liked finding the plastic eggs because they had candy in them. :) Smart kid!
That didn't stop him from finding (and cracking) the real eggs.
The last egg was in a tricky place and we had to give a few hints. Daniel found it.
Enough fun already! Sarah was tired of it all and wanted to move on to something else. See that cute puckered mouth? She's crying. She cries with her lips closed. It's very funny, cute and quiet. It doesn't last though. If you make her go long enough, she'll open up and give you a lung full.
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