Getting In The Easter Spirit

There are a number of different egg hunts around the valley in preparation of Easter.  There were three within a few miles of our house two Saturdays in a row.  Since our kids don't need a lot of candy - they don't get much from the Easter Bunny at our house anyway, we narrowed it down to two on two different Saturdays.

Last weekend was the Draper MOMS Club egg hunt and pot luck lunch.  That was fun because Kendall got to be with a lot of her friends and one of Riley's friends was there too.

Getting ready...

Kendall and Natalie race to fill their baskets!

Look at all my eggs Mom!

Hanging with her friends

The crew...

I thought it was hard to take a picture of my own two kids...try this many!

Hanging with some of our friends...

The other day Kendall and I walked into the Great Harvest Bread Company and saw they were selling Baby Honey Bunnies.  They were the cutest things so of course I couldn't leave without ordering one for each of my kids.  In hindsight, one would have been sufficient, but I hate listening to them argue over who ate what, who's is who's, etc.

Isn't it adorable?  Almost too cute to eat!

But not cute enough for my kids!  

Kendall ate the eyes (jelly beans)  in the first few minutes.

Riley caught Kendall eating hers so he immediately had to try his!

Both kids loved them and have been snacking on them since yesterday.  It's a much healthier option than a bunch of candy in our pre-Easter festivities. 

We spent a little time at the mall yesterday and just happen to be there the same time the Easter Bunny was there.  The kids liked following the bunny tracks through the mall to find the Easter Bunny.  They thought it was hysterical that the Easter Bunny was giving THEM bunny ears in this picture!

The second egg hunt we took part in was sponsored by our church.  They had a carnival that followed as a fund raiser for the youth mission trip this summer.  The kids got to try their hands at fishing, knocking over milk bottles, shooting nerf guns, bean bag toss, decorating cupcakes into bunny faces, bounce houses, etc.  It was fun to see some of our friends from MOPS, scouts and church today.

Preparing for the egg hunt

Playing on the big playground at the park

Shooting the nerf guns

Winner Winner Chicken Dinner!

Tonight we will finish up our Easter Countdown eggs (Resurrection Eggs) and make Resurrection cookies.  Riley really enjoys both activities.  I gave him the option of trying Resurrection rolls this year and he insisted on the cookies.  I think he enjoys the part where you get to use a wooden spoon to "beat" the pecans (to represent how Jesus was beaten by the Roman soliders).  

The Easter Bunny will make a trip to our house, but instead of a bunch of candy, he brings the kids a little sweet treat and lots of other goodies like books, toys, even princesses.  I would rather spend our money on something other than a bunch of sugar that I have to limit with them and to curb my own temptations to sneak things from their baskets!  We'll also head to church tomorrow for Easter service.  I have a feeling it will be a packed house!

I hope that however you choose to spend your Easter that it is a blessed one!