Happy Easter 2015!

 Easter time is here again! This year we went full-on Easter-EGGS-travaganza!

We dyed Easter eggs which was confusing for Tommy.  He thought they were dead now since we "died" them.  I can see how he was confused.  :)

We cracked most of the eggs so Charlotte got a few snacks from the ones that weren't salvageable.  

 This was my favorite egg by far.  My ninja turtle egg turned out better than I planned!

 The next morning, the Easter bunny came! Tommy had his first chocolate bunny and dinosaur.  I found this company called Divvies and they have great cookies, candy and popcorn all allergy-free.  Very exciting. This was Tommy's first chocolate for Easter!

 We played with the new fun things in their Easter baskets... like glow-in-the-dark Spiderman and Minnie Mouse masks.  We took this mixed up selfie and I didn't realize until later that that is Charlotte's nose sticking through the eye hole.  Hilarious.

 Then we had our mid-morning sugar crash!

 The family came over and we played outside in the beautiful weather until the food was ready.

 It was then time for the Easter Egg Hunt! I offered the "little girls" (who used to actually be little but are now nearing their teenage years, it's just what we've always called the youngest cousins) Lilli and Isabel, to actually organize the egg hunt this year.  They agreed happily! So it was just Tommy and Charlotte hunting for about 50 eggs.  They LOVED it!!

 Charlotte found this nice spot to sit to take a break during the hunt.  I guess no one can get to her eggs that way!

 Charlotte was an instant pro at finding eggs! Tommy still left in the dust.  But he always came back and handed her every other egg. Such a kind hearted brother.  Charlotte, you are one lucky lil sis! :)

The whole family followed the kiddos around the entire house to collect all the eggs.  (I'm sure we'll find a random egg or two throughout the year that we might have missed)

 This is just one basket! That's a lot of eggs!

 Even though there were only two participants, I think the whole family had a great time hunting!

I know Tommy did! Especially the Mickey Mouse eggs!! Eggs with ears? Wayyyy better than mom's eggs that had random stickers on them.  Mickey Mouse always trumps stickers!

 Also during the day, we celebrated Lilli's birthday.  Lilli has picked up sewing as a new hobby so we all got her sewing stuff for her birthday presents.  Grandma enjoyed sharing her sewing skills with her granddaughter.  I looked over at them during this moment when they were sewing together and said, "Sheesh! Do you think they are related??" HA!

We had a GREAT time on this wonderful Easter holiday.  We were so blessed with such beautiful weather! Happy Easter, everyone!