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Monday, April 13, 2015

Easter Recap

Another Easter in the books.

We dyed eggs, of course. Just a dozen and a half, although it happens so quickly it seems like we should do more. Too bad there's only one of us who'll eat eggs around here.

I hope they believe in this bunny for a few more years, because it sure is fun. Freddie left the bunny a note that I didn't know about. I found it in his basket.

He also made me a "basket" to help get me some peanut butter eggs. It worked, all right. I suppose it will keep me away from his stash of candy a bit longer.

The bunny also hid some eggs around the apartment. I wish we had a yard for them to hunt in, but they don't seem to mind scurrying around the living room to look for eggs.

There was lots of loot for everyone, and they fueled up on a breakfast of chocolate.

We were able to spend some time having a slow morning before heading outside to enjoy the sunshine.

Our first warm, sunny day arrived on Easter. We spent the entire day close to home at soccer practice and practicing batting.

Good times!

Tuesday, April 22, 2014

Easter Sunday

A friend of Freddie's has a snorkel and he's been asking for one.
And if Freddie wants one, so does Hansie.

The Bunny stopped at our house!

Freddie wrote a note to the bunny and put it out along with the baskets and hard boiled eggs. So cute. I was expecting him to wonder why the Bunny didn't write back or what happened to the note, but not a single question. I really over think this stuff. I need to remember to keep it simple, and the response "it must be magic" works for just about any question the kids have about the Bunny or Santa or the Tooth Fairy.

After filling the baskets and hiding some jelly bean filled plastic eggs it was off to bed with the alarm set so we could get up before the kids and hide those hard boiled eggs from the refrigerator.

Hans was up first, of course, but he was content to play in our bed until Freddie got up and alerted the whole house that the Easter Bunny had come!

It was a beautiful day out and I had thought we'd have an adventure, perhaps heading off to the Bronx Zoo just as we had last year, but realized the boys wanted nothing more than to enjoy their Easter goodies.

Rabbit snout sucker!

So we enjoyed the sunshine close to home, riding bikes, kicking around the soccer ball, and spending some time at the pool.

Freddie really enjoys chasing and kicking the ball. He has declared he doesn't
want to be goalie when they start soccer next week because he wants to kick!

Happy Easter!

Monday, April 21, 2014

Eggs!

Egg dying was the most anticipated event of the week. They talked more about this than the egg hunt or even the Easter Bunny.

Looking back at last year not much was different, except I cannot believe how little my guys were just a year ago.

Freddie was again very serious and determined to get the right shade of color and the perfect design, and wanted to experiment with using the crayon and adding stickers.

And Hansie….well, what he lacked in finesse he made up for with enthusiasm. There were quite a few eggs slam dunked into the glasses and eruptions of dye on the table and floor. I'm glad we used trays again this year to contain some of that "enthusiasm."

Why yes, that is spaghetti sauce still on my face from supper!

Admiring his work

Beautiful results, which will make enough egg salad for Dada for the week. Glad he likes egg salad!

I'm still not quite sure what our boiled egg tradition is. As a kid I remember just leaving them in my Easter basket, but Charlie told the kids the Easter Bunny would hide the eggs for them to find in the morning…so…..alarm set to be up before the kids to take the eggs from the refrigerator and hide eggs for The Bunny. Hardly seems right to have to set an alarm on Easter.