Friday night began the Easter weekend. After dinner we set up to dye the eggs. Ashley had perfect timing when she came to get the chocolates she had ordered from Zara's fundraiser. Zach decided that he was too old to dye eggs, but did one so he could hunt in the morning. Thank goodness for Ashely or I would have been there forever with Zara. Even Jeff participated in the process. Once all the eggs were dyed it was to bed for both kids.
After a morning filled with fun filled baskets it was time to find the eggs the bunny had hidden. He is a very smart bunny putting Zach's up high and Zara's down low and always an even amount for each to find. The eggs were throughout the living room and kitchen. Funny how Zach was too old to dye the eggs but not to hunt for them, hmmmm... I have to say I was very sad to hear him say he was not going to help dye the eggs. Thank goodness Zara is still little and such a lady in her Easter dress. Both of them looked fabulous in their Easter best. With a little coaxing I was able to get a cute picture of the two of them.
Eggs hunted, breakfast eaten, baskets cleaned up time to get ready for dinner and company.
Mom arrived with a HUGE Rubbermaid filled with all kinds of goodies, so much for her resting on Easter. I should have known better. With all of mom's stuff spread out we ate and ate and ate, avocado bowls with salsa and shrimp, homemade humus and pitas, chips and salsa, I am sure there was more but I don't remember. To let all that settle we got ready for the big hunt. Jeff and Eddie hid all the eggs mom brought, with the guidance of mom. Some high and some low. Zara and Hope were let out first to find as many low ones as they could, then Zach and Niko were let out. It was like lightening streaking by. They were moving so fast I could not take their pictures. Then once the obvious eggs were found they began to slow down. After a while the boys were allowed to start finding the low ones and then after careful counting by Jeff, mom and Lois the hunt was over. All four kids sat down on the ground to see what was inside the eggs. To their surprise mom had filled each egg with a $1. All began counting as fast as they could. Zara was sure to tell the boys that she had found 25 eggs, which gave her $30 for the day, including tooth fairy money. Dinner was served absolutely fantastic, ham, potatoes, green beans, yams, salad, corn on the cob, bread. Still stuffed it was on to presents for Easter and dessert, strawberry shortcakes, cupcakes, baked apples and ice cream. A special strawberry shortcake was made for Niko's birthday, 17 on Tuesday. We sang and he got more presents. With dinner complete and cleaned everybody was exhausted and went home. It was an Easter filled with many memories and lots and lots of pictures of course! Hope you all had as much fun as we did.
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