Easter!

Easter morning found new footwear and chocolate galore! It was a quick hunt but yielded good results, they're just getting faster. Unfortunately Sweetie had been ill with flu and fever for a few days and wasn't really feeling up to looking for or eating treats so we knew she was still really sick! It took over a week for her to feel better and be able to eat food again!

Someone brought in cupcakes for Sunday School just in case there wasn't enough sugar at home?

Happy Easter

Easter was off to a fairly early start! (unless you ask my parents, who were forced out of bed at 3, 4 or 5 am on holidays involving chocolate and or presents- Mum, Dad? Kelly of present day would sincerely like to apologize for Kelly of the past's inability to let you get a full night's sleep on those occasions) Ok so back to my story!

The girls woke up at 6am, wondering if it was time to start yet. Normally that would be half decent. Unfortunately I stayed up late didn't finish Easter Bunny duty til after 1am. At that time, I secured the puppy in his kennel so that he didn't go all hari kari on the loot and OD. Responsible pet owner right??? yes! BUT for some reason, he had trouble sleeping in there and kept breaking into these panting marathons which were VERY loud!!! I took him to the kitchen to get a drink fighting all his lurching instincts to go after those foil eggs! I got him back in his kennel and slipped back into that sweet slumbering state only to be woken up less than an hour later by the same thing. I decided to close our doors and let him out, more freedom but still no chocolate access annnnnnnnnd then dozed back off. No dice. He's still having trouble and every time I went to the bathroom he followed me and flopped down on the cold tile and slept. I couldn't leave him there, the girls might get up in the night & I wouldn't hear them and they wouldn't be alert enough to worry about the candy. I had the brainstorm to lock the bathroom door to the hallway so the kids couldn't release the hound that way and went back to my room through the cheater door. I had to explain the plan to Murray in his deep sleep, cough med hazy state but he sortof got the gist of it. Success! by 3 or so, the problem was solved but I wasn't feel any Easter cheer 3 hours later so I convinced them to hold off til 6:30 because those two fifteen minute segments (time check from Sweetie at 6:15 made a world of difference!

They raced out to the living room to assess the situation and devise their plan of attack! No they didn't! they were oohing and ahhhing and running amok until I reminded them to get their baskets from the kitchen to collect the goods. The hunt didn't take long, there aren't really many good spots and with 3 sets of eyes & hands working together, what one misses, the other 2 are bound to notice. They were pretty happy with it though and then went in to make sure there was a fair split of the merchandise.

The highlight was watching them look at their stuff. When Lovey realized there was a 3rd book in the series she was reading that she hadn't even heard of yet, that was mum gold right there and totally getting up for. Murray couldn't figure out why I got up with them instead of sleeping like him but I couldn't miss those expressions of surprise & delight and all the excitement. The rest of the day I paid for those moments but it was completely worth it! I told him he wasn't invested enough! After the time & effort to run around preparing for Easter morning, I'm not getting ripped off by missing out on that!

Easter Duet

Lovey has been working hard on a lot of her music lately! I thought it might be good for her to get some performance practice in while she's got so much material polished up and asked the minister to let us know if he needed any "filler" for upcoming services. Luckily he had an opening on Easter Sunday so Murray's parents and sister & BIL could catch the show.

As you watch her play, you can see how much she enjoys it. She started off completely comfortable in front of a church full of people! Then I saw her settle in to her piece. She closed  her eyes and smiled and had that bow flying along the whole way through Sunny Summer March. She especially enjoys having Murray accompany her on guitar. 

and since I had my camera handy, I got a shot of the kids singing during children's time! 

"Like a rock, like a rock, God is under our feet. Like a starry night sky God is over our head. Like the sun on the horizon, God is ever before. Like a river runs to ocean, our home is in God ever more."

Hope everyone had an enjoyable and blessed Easter as we did!

 

Egg Hunt!

After a very busy & very late night, I wondered what time the little folks would be surfacing to hunt down Easter treasure! They were all awake til after 10pm after a full day of running around & so much excitement outdoors. No sleep in to be had though, everyone was ready to roll at 6:50! They headed straight to the kitchen to check for any gifts and were quite pleased to find  their buckets with goodies inside! Then they took those to the living room to hunt down all the chocolate. The Easter Bunny left a pretty good haul but they weren't long finding it all. 

It's so much fun to watch them racing around and oohing and ahhing over their discoveries! We really enjoyed having Mr. Bojangles all weekend and getting to see him work with the girls to uncover the loot. They doted on him all weekend and made sure he had his coat on when they went out, took him anywhere he wanted to go, played whatever he wanted to play. A couple of times at night he needed us (he missed his mom once & fell out of bed once) so Sweetie came to get us and let us know he needed help. Then she cuddled him and helped him settle back down to sleep so I'm not sure we were really needed at all actually!

I think Acorn's mom said it best when I was telling her about all the fun here,

"Sounds like a perfect birthday celebration. Nothing beats spending quality time with family building memories that will last a lifetime."

Easter Morning

The girls were very pumped for Easter and had a hard time settling down for bed. The anticipation was almost too much for them but they actually drifted off faster than they'd planned.After the Easter Bunny came, there was loot everywhere! Their favourite part is hunting for the little chocolate eggs & Murray & I enjoy helping eat them!

They were quick to get to work when they got out of bed & spotted the trails leading from their bedrooms right away.


Lovey was very pleased with her finds!

They got a pretty decent haul, Murray wondered if it was Santa or the Easter Bunny that had been there!

Easter a la Shirley!

Shirley came for a visit & we were able to convince her to join us for supper too! I made it worth her while with extra desser to take home! I'm not above a little sweet talking & bribery :)
She generously gave the girls some Easter goodies and they were thrilled to find their chocolate sheep in bubble wrap. For once the chocolate was set aside (and temporarily forgotten about!) and they had fun popping bubbles.
They also each received a game. Shirley initially mentioned that she could give me the sales slips if the items weren't right or didn't suit etc. After they made her play everything twice, I think she realized I wouldn't need to be doing any exchanges whatsoever. She was right on the money with these selections. Sweetie is in LOVE with her dominoes, mostly because they came in a hot pink satin box trimmed with matching satin ribbon!
a fairy game is always perfect for little girls and Honey couldn't have been happier with collecting all the right cards and making new "fairy friends".I forget what it said on Lovey's box but it's basically the game of Trouble from when we were kids. I love that you can't lose the dice! and everybody loves popping that bubble thing to roll for your turn! Murray was playing and left the room and they all ganged up on his men and bumped them all! (and found it quite hilarious to send them all home!!)

Thank you for coming to see us and sharing our supper! We enjoyed having you and hope your sweet treat erases all the craziness of the dinner hour! You can just munch away and maybe all that icing will block out the messy parts????? or is that part of our charm???? :))))