Happy Easter

At 6:55 this morning, I heard Brenna's door open and the pitter patter of her feet coming down the hall. This after last night telling me that the later you let kids stay up the longer they will sleep in the next day. I knew this was just a ploy to stay up and finish watching the movie on the Disney Channel, but I held out a sliver of hope that she might wait until at least 7 o'clock before getting up. I tried to convince her to go back to her room and read books until a decent time, but she peeked over the railing at the top of the stairs and noticed the Easter Bunny had paid us a visit. I knew there would be no going back to sleep and Austin was stirring, so off we went to see what goodies the Easter Bunny brought us.

Brenna's basket

Austin's basket

This is what we woke up to this morning...more snow. It didn't stick around long though. By the time we got back from lunch, it had already begun to melt.
We tried to pretend that it wasn't winter like outside and the kids got dressed in some of their new spring outfits. Brenna picked out the pants to go under her dress, and I told myself she was emulating an Easter egg, so I wouldn't cringe every time I looked at her. At least the colors in both the dress and the pants coordinate somewhat.
After lunch, we hid the eggs the EB left in a basket on the dining room table. You see the EB knows that we have two dogs that would be able to sniff out candy and chew through plastic eggs, so he leaves them for us to hide. Brenna found the 27 eggs in no time flat with only minimal help from us. Austin even got into the action when Brenna "hid" some of the eggs in the play kitchen for him. He couldn't decide which was more fun - putting the eggs in his basket or throwing them across the room.