Friday night we dyed eggs. The kids thought it was the coolest. It was an exercise in patience. We did pretty good until we started to sticker our dried eggs. Peyton picked one up and gave it a big ole lick like it was a sucker. And then with utter frustration and sassy hands she exclaimed, "Where is all the chocolate? And the peanut butter?" Apparently I am supposed to have channelled some Willy Wonka skills and make these plain eggs into candy eggs! Note taken.
We like to enjoy our Easter bunny activities on the Saturday before Easter so that on Sunday we can focus on Jesus Christ and the Atonement. We keep it pretty low key, nothing too extravagant. Saturday morning came and we had breakfast and then decided to go upstairs to watch a movie. While they were distracted, the "Easter bunny" hid some eggs in the backyard. I ran upstairs and told them what I had discovered while cleaning up breakfast. Their little eyes lit up! And outside they raced as fast as you can imagine. {L} was naturally faster and collected most of the eggs. {P} was really only interested in picking the pink and purple eggs. Daddy helped them open a few eggs, while the "Easter bunny" dropped off their baskets at the front door and rang the doorbell. They were totally impressed. {L} explained to his sister that the Easter bunny had lots of kids to visit so he had to ring the bell and hurry off. So magical. They spent the rest of the morning running around sneaking candy and enjoying the wonder of childhood.
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