Easter 2011

This past weekend we celebrated Easter in a big way. We began on Saturday by taking the kids to our church's Easter Festival.

We missed the first hunt for their age group by about two minutes, so we patiently waited for the next one to begin. The kids were all ready to go and pumped up about getting more eggs.

Right after it started Jackson took off sprinting. Maddie...not so much! She must have just been overwhelmed by all the kids...I'm really not sure...but this is the face we got and she came running back with only two eggs.

Jackson had a little bit better luck and scooped up around 20 eggs.

After the egg hunt we ran over to the bounce house and Maddie hopped right in with J. While they bounced around and a smile returned to Madison's face, Lila had lots of fun climbing up and down the curb. It's the little things in life, I guess:)

After a good solid twenty minutes in the bounce house, we got them out by telling them we could go see the animals. Madison's fave were the soft little bunnies...

Jackson's fave were the goats...

and I suppose Lila's favorite ones were the donkeys...but I'm thinking that's only because they had a cage that she could climb. This one is turning out to be such a monkey!

After some lunch and then a nap we made the bunny cake!

Then it was time to dye the eggs. After all that hard work we were finally prepared for Easter Sunday.

The next morning we woke up early and were out the door by 8:35 am. Definitely a record for our household! Since we left so early I didn't get any pics of the kids in their Sunday best. So, I insisted we do so after church. Jackson didn't even want to put his shoes back on, so we compromised on him not tucking in his shirt or putting his tie on, either.

Most of the pictures turned out like this...

or this...

but we did get a few gems like this one!

Lila wore Madison's easter dress from two years ago. My, how time flies.

After the big kids took a good nap we let them all open their presents from Gigi and Boom. I love this picture--Lila looks like she's saying "Oh, for me?!"

Then we drove over to Memaw and Poppi's house for the family get together. Lucky for the kids, Memaw had found this cute table and chairs in her attic. It's the same one that Jared and his brothers used when they were little, and it was perfect for these two maniacs! After checking out the cool stuff in their precious Easter baskets, it was time for the hunt.

This time both kids got really into it and sprinted around the yard filling their baskets.

Even Lila got to participate, and just needed a little help:)

While Lila took it nice and easy, Maddie rushed by....

and so did Jackson. They were on a serious mission!

Sweet baby girl got a few eggs.

But was way more into just carrying her cute basket.

We tried to get all three to sit down for fun pic with their eggs, but that didn't turn out so well. Even after my conference with Lila she did not really want to oblige us!

But she was more than happy to walk around the yard with Poppi:)

Then it was time for some baseball! Madison played in the field...

while Jackson batted. Love how he decided to wear the tie during the game! Easter pics? Nah. Baseball game? Sure thing. Go figure.

He hit lots of homeruns!

And probably ran the bases 63 times. He is so fast now--he likes for me to call him Quick Rick!

After we finished up the game and had dinner, it was time to unveil the bunny cake! We were going for a pic with me and kids, but then Lila just couldn't take the suspense anymore and got a big handful of icing off one of the bunny's ears. This distracted Madison and so here you have it. Happy Easter everyone!