Monday, April 13, 2009

Easter celebrations

Our Easter festivities began with an egg hunt at the boys' school on Friday and carried on through the weekend. Here are a few glimpses of all the fun...


For this to be his first time to really "hunt", Brice got the hang of it pretty darn quick. He was determined! And, by the way, he's determined when it comes to eating the candy too. He doesn't let a little thing like a wrapper get in his way. No, he just pops it in his mouth and starts to chew until the candy squirts out. I finally realized this SUNDAY morning so there's no-tellin' how many wrappers he's ingested. Oh to be a 2nd child...


Sam was just happy to see Mommy and Daddy and that the hunt got moved to earlier in the day to beat the rain. On the way to school he asked me to talk with his teacher about moving naptime until AFTER the Easter egg hunt!


Sam and I dyed eggs Friday after Brice went to bed. For those of you who "know" Brice, can you imagine if I'd let him take part?! Horrors!


A father/son discussion over what to tell the Easter bunny to put in Sam's basket. When did this turn into Christmas?

On Saturday Brian took Sam on his first EVER fishing trip! This is one of only two fish - both caught on Sam's Transformers fishing pole that he got for Christmas. He was so excited but confessed later that night that "Daddy was getting frustrated with himself because the line kept getting caught in the trees." I know that these "fishing trip confessionals" will lessen over the years, so I'm getting a kick out of hearing them now!

Brice rockin' out in his new shades, courtesy of the Easter bunny!

Sam, as expected, was thrilled with new monster trucks and Hotwheels cars.


A little brotherly competition.


A somewhat painful accomplishment...

Playing in the sandbox with Aunt Emme. So glad to have her home...along with fiance, Dave!
Attention ladies & gentlemen...Avery has arrived!
Four little monkeys...Brice (gettin' groovy), Sam (party like a rockstar), Avery (thinks her boy cousins are crazy) and Emma (the only one to cooperate).


Our precious boys: Brice, 21 months and Sam, 4 1/2.


A goofy picture with Grammy.


Sam after the Pine Hill Easter egg hunt. A tradition at my parent's house since I was a very little girl.


G-mama and Papa with two worn out, candy filled little boys!

Playing with bubbles from Grammy.
This was a great Easter! We are so blessed to have shared it with our wonderful family and friends.

3 comments:

Garrisons said...

Am laughing so hard about Brice being full of candy wrappers! He's a character!

Lauren and Bret said...

Love, love, love, their matching Easter shirts. So cute!

Lindsey said...

glad to hear mine's not the only one who eats candy wrappers too!