Backtracking... EASTER TIME!

Papa's favorite picture of Max.

"Hi everybody"

Abby having a bite to eat at her party.

Counting her loot!

Lucy just chillin' and wondering where her eggs are!

"Hey Mom! There's tons of eggs over here!"

I know, I know, it's about time. Well it has been a crazy couple of weeks and we have finally finished with all the travelling and I got the pictures downloaded so now I can update everyone :) I won't do everything right now so I'll begin with Max and Abby's Easter parties at school and do separate posts for the other events.

Anyway, March 19th was Abby's Easter party at school and as always she was excited about the upcoming festivities. Lucy and I dropped the kids off at school then decided to spend a couple of hours on that side of town so we wouldn't have to drive home then get right back into the car to be back at school by 11:00.

It is so cute (and practical) how they set up for these parties. The parents and teachers set the tables while the kids are out on the playground so when they come in they can sit down, say their cute little prayer, and EAT! I made the sweet treat for the party which was cupcakes with green "grass" icing and jelly bean "eggs" on top. Once the food portion of the party was over the kids grabbed their Easter baskets and headed over to the church yard to go on their Easter egg hunt. They had a great time and Abby loved opening the eggs and finding the surprise inside!

Once the hunt was over we had about an hour before we had to pick Max up (he doesn't like to be picked up early because he misses lunch and recess). We drove around for a little while and found a spot where Abby could have a little picnic with her lunchbox since she didn't want to go to lunch buddies. Once we got Max and got home he was very interested in Abby's Easter eggs and proceeded to talk her out of much of the candy she had inside of them (I guess that is something big brothers do).

The next day was Max's Easter party. His class took a walking field trip to the Pitt Street Pharmacy for lunch. It was only a couple of blocks from school and there wasn't a lot of room so moms didn't go to lunch. Instead we (Abby, Lucy, and I) met the other moms at a big "park" (just a big field actually) and hid the Easter eggs for the kids to find when they walked there. The class ate their lunch of grilled cheese sandwiches, chips, and Sprite (UGH!). I was under the impression they were supposed to have lemonade and I didn't find out until later in the day from Max that they had "sour water" (Sprite). Anyway, Max and his class had a great time finding Easter eggs and I made sure Max shared his candy with Abby just like she "shared" hers with him.

Once they got home Max and Abby wanted to play Easter egg hunt so they took the eggs outside with their baskets and "hid" the eggs then found them again. At one point Max told me Abby was eating the candy and I found her sitting in "Fort Sensible" opening as much as she could and eating it. I rescued the rest of the eggs and brought them inside and put them up. Apparently not high enough because a couple of hours later I caught Max throwing candy trash away and when I went into the playroom I discovered someone had swiped the basket and Abby was sitting on the floor with her mouth full of Starburst candy and empty candy wrappers surrounding her on the floor! Needless to say she wasn't too hungry for dinner that night :)

The end of this day was the beginning of Spring Break and a very looooooooong 10 days!

More to come...