Our Easter Weekend

I am finally getting around to doing our Easter recap!
This week has gotten away from me, so I am just now uploading our Easter pictures!
Our Easter weekend started off with Kate getting a fever on Friday afternoon.
Luckily, she was fine by Saturday morning & it didn't turn into anything more.
(Her fever did come back Saturday night, but then went away again!)
On Saturday morning, the girls & I headed to the Easter Eggstravaganza at our church.
It was so fun & there were so many fun crafts & activities.
Claire's favorite craft was putting together Resurrection Eggs.

Each child could bring a flower & add it to the flowery Easter Cross.

There was a petting zoo & but the girls didn't want to pet the animals or go near them, they just wanted to watch them from outside the fence. (They are definitely my girls)

There was also an Egg Hunt, egg dyeing, a bounce house & tons of other crafts, but I didn't take pictures! Saturday we celebrated Easter at my parents house (since it is our year to celebrate with Kevin's family) but, I didn't take ANY pictures! oops!

Late Saturday night when the girls were in bed, I put out some Bunny Tracks with flour.
Imagine my surprise when we woke up on Sunday morning & it was raining!
There was NO rain in the forecast!
Needless to say, my flour "bunny tracks" that were not covered by our porch turned into a flour-y sludge and it won't scrape off.
Kevin needs to powerwash our front walkway now. Oops!

The girls didn't discover the Bunny tracks until AFTER we got home from church.
Our Easter Bunny comes after we get home from church (while Kevin loads the girls into the car to go to church, I run back inside & put out their Easter Baskets. Sneaky, sneaky)

The girls were thrilled that the Easter Bunny left bunny prints.
But, Kate wanted to know why the Easter Bunny has flour paw prints.
She is smarter than I give her credit for... (and she helps me bake a lot, so I guess she recognized the flour...who knows!)

I loved their reaction when they saw their Baskets filled up:

Here is their loot:

Every year, in their basket, I give them things that I would normally buy them anyways:
(a book, stickers, chalk, a new swimsuit, a new sun dress & a pair of sandals)
And, of course....the best Easter candy ever: Reeces Peanut Butter Eggs!
This year they also got a new swim towel & a personalized placemat.
Kate checking out her new sundress:

Claire "reading" her new book:

Then it was time for a little indoor Egg hunt.

Kate has an interesting way of carrying her basket:
Claire counting her eggs:

Hooray! A picture of both of them smiling! It's an Easter Miracle!

Oh yeah, and notice how my girls are wearing short sleeved sun dresses.
It was NOT a warm day. I had no idea it was going to rain & didn't have sweaters for them.
I figured since Easter was so late this year that the weather would be warm. WRONG!

Right after our mini indoor egg hunt, we loaded up the car & headed out to Kevin's sister and brother in law's house. They host a huge Easter party every year, but we only go every other year (we rotate with my family)
They have a winery & live on 10 acres of grapes...this is part of their backyard:
Lots of grapes = wine! We got to sample my brother in law's 2011 releases:

Jeff, Mike & Kevin:

An attempt at a family photo (minus Claire...she wouldn't sit still. Shocker!)

There was also a big Egg Hunt there. Claire is ready to go...Kate was cold (it was really windy!)

Seriously, this girl cracks me up:
Ready to find the Golden Egg:

Kate may or may not have shed some tears when her cousin found the Golden Egg & she didn't:

But, I just gave her some jelly beans to make her feel better. It worked :)

They have this really awesome bench in their backyard & I always love getting pictures of girls on it whenever we go to their house.

This year the picture was a FAIL.
The girls were NOT having it....they would rather play with all their cousins than pose for a picture. Oh well, maybe next time!

It was a great weekend spending time with family celebrating Easter & all that Christ has done for us!

And, just a reminder....the Cupcake Carnival starts this Sunday, May 1st!