California: Easter

We flew to California Holy Saturday, so Easter was spent in Napa with the grandparents!  They dyed eggs the day before Easter and then the Easter Bunny hid them for the girls to find.

Loved!

 In between the Easter Bunny and the family going to church, Jax got out and ate some of the eggs hidden in the yard. We had to "recycle" some eggs. Once someone found an egg and put it in the bowl, an uncle or aunt would take it out and re-hide it. No one seemed to notice! Easter was a total success.

Easter Part 2

On the way home from church, Elia fell asleep. She woke up so snuggly.

Then we tried to take some family photos. It totally reminded me of the Christmas pictures I tried to take in December.

Love these:

The Easter Bunny brought G a bubble gun so that is what the girls are going gaga over in the pictures. Next up, the hunt. Elia had to be completely guided through it and after a while, she just turned into Gianna's pack horse. Hilarious!

Easter Part 1

I took too many pictures. They are so cute though, that I have to include all of them, so it will be a 2 post ordeal.

Saturday night we dyed Easter eggs. Really not the best activity for a 2 year old, but we survived with only one broken egg.

Easter Morning

Since Gianna gave up ice cream for lent, the Easter Bunny brought them some. Since he didn't want it to melt, he left a note to the girls telling them to follow the tracks to a special treat.

The Easter Bunny knows just where to hide the baskets. Gianna's was in our radio cabinet (passed down to me from my parents house) which the Easter Bunny used to hide my Easter baskets when I was a little girl. And Elia's basket was in the easel, which I thought was very fitting.

He left presents for everyone, including the adults. I got some wine and the uncles got beer. The Easter Bunny also left a communal bowl for everyone.

Then we made a bunny cake (not pictured) and some bird nests. This was so easy and fun! It was just your basic rice krispie treat recipe but using chow mein noodles and forming them into nests in cupcake holders. Then the girls filled them with "eggs."

More on our Easter egg hunt and some cute family pictures in my next post. Happy Easter!

Check it Out

I have 2 videos featuring the girl's new skills. Thursday Gianna had a Easter show at school and Ms. Eleanor told me that Gianna was more into the performance than any other kid. So she sang one of the songs for us at dinner and I managed to get it on tape. Sorry about the lighting- we were outside and the sun was setting.

And Elia is getting better and better at puzzles. ps, do you love her freaking cute pigtails? Chris had to wrangle her and hold her down so I could get her hair into them. Totally worth the cuteness though.

Chickadee

G and E got some fun favors at the bday parties from this weekend. One of the things in the Farm party favor bag was an Easter egg in the shape of a chick. Gianna is OBSESSED. I have found it filled with various objects all around the house, and whenever she has a snack, she wants to keep it inside her little egg.

Here it has Mardi Gras beads inside.

The little things in life, right? Wish I were a kid again.