happy easter!

 We started Easter weekend by welcoming Memaw and PawPaw for a visit!  Britton had a half day of school on Thursday and no school on Friday, so we got a lot of hanging out time together.  On Friday morning, our neighbor had a group egg hunt!  Everyone brought breakfast food, and while the kids were distracted with donuts, a few moms snuck to the park next door to hide eggs.  Barrett isn't in the picture below because he refused to join the group.  Admittedly, when you tell a 3 year old you're going on an egg hunt, he expects to be hunting eggs, not waiting it out!

The hunt is on!

Every kid got a dozen eggs, and they were great about keeping to the limit.

Britton and a neighbor comparing their loot...

A thumb's up for the egg hunt!  I almost never get to see all the moms and dads, because I don't do the school drop-off or pick-up, so it was a great opportunity to see the families on our street.  And the kids all enjoyed themselves!

We had Easter dinner on Saturday, and Memaw and Britton made their traditional bunny cake!  They have made this same cake every year and both look forward to it.

We woke up bright and early for Memaw and PawPaw's flight home, and wanted to get in Easter baskets and our egg hunt before heading to the airport.  Britton got some Shopkins and Barrett got stickers and Mel from "Secret Life of Pets."  Last night, Britton caught me coming out of the closet with my Target bags of goodies and candy.  Then came the "Is the Easter bunny real?" questions.  I couldn't get around her reasoning, so I admitted a half-truth - that parents do the Easter bunny's work for him by putting out baskets.  She let it drop and so did I!  

We taped up the holes in the eggs last night, so that bugs wouldn't go after the candy inside!  Britton and Barrett quickly found all of the eggs (there's only so many places to hide them in the backyard) and dove into a breakfast of Peanut M&Ms and Starburst!

We sadly told Memaw and PawPaw good-bye, and when the hubs got back from the airport, we took the confetti eggs to the driveway to cheer ourselves up.  I've only ever found these confetti eggs ("cascarones") in Texas, and the kids loved them.

                                         

They also volunteered to clean up all the confetti!  It's back to work and school tomorrow, but we had a great Easter weekend!