Easter Sunday : Photos + Words
Easter morning began bright and early about 6:30am. There was lots of talk in our big bed about eggs and bunny's and whether one large bunny had left anything for the kids. After going out to the living room Simon discovered that, indeed, the bunny had been here.
The first thing he pulled from his basket, and the thing he would love the most all day, was the little packet of Star Wars legos. He got to work immediately (forget the candy, give me the legos) following the instructions and assembling the ship with very minimal assistance.
Here in the Northwest most Easters tend to be rainy. This one was no exception. I could hear it pounding on the roof even before we got out of bed. I knew there would be no outside egg hunting this year.
So what's a bunny to do?
Simple: hide the eggs inside in other parts of the house while the child is engrossed in building a Star Wars lego ship and then announce that the bunny must have known that the child does not enjoy the rain and as a result hid the eggs inside this year. As you can see above, "hiding" really means placing the eggs out in the open so they will all be found.
This all sounded totally good to Simon.
He searched around and found every last one.
And then proceeded to count them all as they went back into the cartons (gotta love real-life math).
During most of this time Anna was still sleeping, oblivious as she should be to the hunting and gathering.
After the main festivities were completed we started the process of getting ready for church and the rest of the day.
I got Anna all dressed up and then she took another little nap before we headed to Mass.
Have I said yet that I really like having a little girl?
Mass was super crowded as is usually the case on Easter Sunday. We had planned to leave earlier than usual to make sure we got our favorite seat but it didn't quite work out like that (no one in particular to blame - we were all slow). We ended up in the back corner which was basically the baby & small child corner. The family next to us had a little girl just four days younger than Anna and an older daughter that was almost four. Another family had two small girls. The place was packed.
After Mass we headed over to Chris' parents for the afternoon.
There was some nice Dad & Daughter time while watching the Masters.
And some nice Grandpa & Grandson time while breaking down and rebuilding the Star Wars lego ship.
And a bunch of baby smiles for Grandma.
And much to Simon's delight, the Easter Bunny also made a stop at Grandma & Grandpa's house. By this time the rain had stopped so an outside hunt worked out perfectly.
The rest of the afternoon & early evening included good conversation and great food. Anna napped on and off throughout the day as is her usual way.
Simon crashed after dinner in one of those crazy kid positions. We woke him up to go home and he was bummed because he had wanted to watch the Horton movie (which he did end up watching once we got home).
It was a really good, really full Easter Sunday. Especially full of the thing we love best: family.
Have you documented your Easter (or your Sunday) yet? Take a couple minutes today to jot down your story while it is still fresh in your mind or use your photos as a guide to help guide your story as I did above. The content included here will be the basis for a layout soon.
Sounds like you had a wonderful Easter!
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i love how both kids are sleeping with their arms up! really cute family you've got there ali!!
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Yay!
Ours was laid back this year. I didn't know if we were going to have the Easter Bunny because my girl is 10, but she quickly reminded me that age doesn't matter when it comes to the Easter Bunny.
PS Loving the new banner. I might have to lift and remix if ya don't mind.
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Those little girlie clothes make me swoon...so adorable! (She's so adorable!) We have two boys and all super cutie clothes end by the time they're three! LOL! Thanks for sharing pictures from your day!
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My son got the same Lego packet and was enthralled.Glad you had a nice Easter! Thanks for the encouragement about documenting Easter. I will have to do that today. Jess
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ali, i hope you had a wonderful easter. I love your decor and was wondering if you could tell me where you found that wonderful duvet cover your daughter was photographed on in her easter dress? the color is especially wonderful! thank you and i look forward to seeing how you document her first hair cut!
xxoo
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Tracey - I found that on super clearance at Pottery Barn in January. We love it!
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I think that may deserve it's own layout :).
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Your children are lovely. We had a fantastic Easter Sunday as well, church, egg hunt, and a big family dinner. It was great!
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Nice photos that really capture the day.
You must be enjoying all the pretty little girl clothes too. The tiny sweater and matching floral frock are so sweet. You'll hang on to those cute sets, even after she's long outgrown them-lol.
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I love it. Hubby has been unemployed for 3 mos. but my 35 year old was still crushed that there were no Easter legos. Mind you he is working on his Master's in English lit-but we still have to have Lego's.
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The very first picture and the picture of your daughter on the duvet are incredible! Beautiful.
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my Easter was quiet. I stayed home alone and enjoyed the peace and quiet. My son called me and the joy in his voice was enough to make my day.
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Due to several sick kids and a forecast of rain, our family is postponing our celebration till this coming Saturday. Easter is always held at my brother and sister-in-law's house because they have a lot of acreage for hiding eggs and our cascarones fight. But their house is relatively small and with an expected 30+ people, cramming everyone inside if it did rain wasn't feasible, more so because of their newborn twins. The delay means fewer people can make it, but I will still be taking LOTS of photos.
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Glad your Easter was a happy one.
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Baby Anna is SOO BEAUTIFUL! Your feelings of motherhood come out in your photos. I can feel the love and peace in each one. Thank you for sharing.
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Sounds like you had a fabulous Easter that's wonderful! I will be documenting my Easter today per your suggestion :)
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That's great. The Easter Bunny left Legos here too. An Indiana Jones kit.
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My son Lucas was 5 weeks yesterday, and we had Easter unch with some friends, at first I was concern to take him because he still feeding every 2 hours, and sometimes fussy during the day, but oh my he was so quiet and sleeping and just waking up to feed, just wonderful, I just felt sad that I put him in car seat to go home and forgot to take his Easter picture :(
Very sad
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Anna's dress is darling - looks like you guys had a great day :)
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beautiful pics from a beautiful day!!
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Love your Easter memories!! We had a wonderful one as well. Thanks for sharing little bits and pieces of your life with us.
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Thank-you for sharing your Easter with your beautiful family. I just love the photograph of Anna sleeping with her arms up in the air. She is so beautiful. I see that Simon likes to sleep that way as well. How cute is that?
My son is 7yrs old and he got a small droid ship from the Easter bunny as well. When I got up it was already assembled. So I can relate.
Have a great day Ali.
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What a wonderful day!
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What a wonderful Easter! The Easter bunny brought a Lego Star Wars ship to our house, too :)
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