Ella's "He Is Risen" Party

Ella's Mothers Day Out class had their "He is Risen" party today to celebrate Easter with the kids. The kids always love parties mainly because they always get some kind of sweet treat! For the party, each kid got to make a sticker scene of the empty tomb, the cross, Jesus, and some other items. We played "Pin the Flower on the Cross" ( you can get a glimpse of it in the background). At the end, we let the kids decorate cookies with icing, jelly beans and sprinkles. After four parties this year, we have found out that each kid needs their own bowl of icing and their own knife to spread it. Reason being--they spend most of the time licking the plastic knives and sticking them back in the bowls! We had a great time! Here's a pic of Ella with a few of her buddies -- Hudson is one of her favorites because she sees him at school and church.


Audrey loves to go to the parties too. This pic was taken right before she leaned over and tried to grab Micah's cookie. He was not a happy camper about that!

Easter Egg Hunt

We've been practicing for over a month at our house hunting all the little plastic eggs. That being said, the girls were ready to go when we got to enjoy a real Easter Egg hunt at our friends' house. Ella did most of the hunting and Audrey was in charge of opening up the eggs to see what the surprise was! It was a gorgeous day for the hunt and we had so much fun catching up with friends!

Audrey trying to crack it open.

Ella finding the pink egg (of course, it has to be pink or purple).


The girls going through their buckets!

Meeting the Easter Bunny

Today I decided to take the girls out to the mall to visit the Easter Bunny. For those of you who know Ella well, you know she has a hard time with anything new. I was fully prepared with bribes of suckers as we made our way to his little bunny village. To my surprise though, she was very happy to see him, walked straight up to his chair, hopped on his lap and was all smiles for the picture. Audrey was not too sure about him though--no tears, but more of the "deer in the headlights look." Once we left, Ella informed me that "He is not a real bunny Mommy." Thank goodness we got that cleared up since as quick as we had left, Mr. Bunny stood up to lift up his costume a little to cool off in front of a fan. Happy Easter!