Happy Easter!

Easter time! We had a very nice Easter this year, despite the issue of Joe being on call (he was still able to experience a lot of the holiday) and bad weather. My mom and dad came for the holiday, and we remained busy with the typical Easter things...egg coloring, baking, Easter bunny, eating too much, and holiday outfits.

A new hat for Ethan from grandma and grandpa.


Easter egg coloring seems to be taken as seriously as our Christmas cookie decorating by grandpa, Olivia, and Joe! Olivia had a great time with this, and next year Ethan will be able to participate with her. I guess that means more hard boiled eggs to eat next year :(

Olivia showing off her handiwork.

Olivia and I decorated the eggs with glitter and stickers after they had dried. Many of the eggs were dropped multiple times while dying them, so they also had a really neat looking spiderweb effect to them.

Even though it was only a high in the mid-30's and SNOWING (no accumulation) over Easter weekend, Olivia, grandpa and Joe still made it to the park. Olivia is thrilled that the snow has pretty much melted here and we can see the grass again. Iowa City recorded 58.6 inches of snow for the winter (thus far!), which makes it the third snowiest winter here EVER since the mid 1800s.

Easter morning is upon us! Olivia received plenty of candy, a chocolate bunny, a book, and a Minnie Mouse dress. The Easter bunny was very generous!

Olivia demonstrating how to eat the bunny's ears.

Ethan and his Easter basket full of new bath toys and books.

All dressed up for Easter brunch. With two wriggly kids, one of which is hyped up on chocolate, this is about as good as the picture was going to get.

Olivia is very proud of her green polka dot dress that she picked out by herself. Once she saw it, I knew that I would not be walking out of the store without it!

Ethan looking sharp in his outfit. Luckily bleach was able to get all of the stains out of the shirt that he made throughout the day!

Ready for Easter brunch with the Easter bunny. Joe was not able to attend due to being on call, so we had our big family dinner the night before.

Olivia was so excited to meet the Easter bunny and "give him so much Easter love!" She really wanted to meet him to thank him for the Minnie Mouse dress. It was a nice brunch...good food, the Easter bunny, and some children's activities.

Ethan was not so sure about meeting the Easter bunny.

We had our Easter egg hunt inside due to the snow and cold. Olivia was so busy this morning that she didn't mind waiting on the egg hunt until Joe returned home later in the afternoon. There were not too many places to hide 18 eggs in a small basement room!

Olivia showing off her collection of eggs.