Easter Fun

Easter always happens at a busy time of year (aren't all times busy??), but we were able to fit in a fun night of coloring eggs before the big day.

 

This year the best egg kit we used was a free kit from Build A Bear!  It included double sided stickers and glitter.  The kids had so much fun with this and the eggs were beautiful.

 



 

Ethan loved the new super hero egg masks - here he is with Iron Man.  Very creative marketing.

 

 

Easter morning!  The Easter Bunny was very generous this year with toys and candy.  The kids know that they have to eat the bunny ears first thing before they disappear due to another family member!

 

 

The egg hunt was a bit more difficult this year, including an orange egg nestled among our clementines.  The bunny must have known that Olivia and Ethan are getting older!  We had an indoor hunt due to the still melting snow and extremely muddy ground. 

 

 

The bunny hid 80 eggs this year!  We loved that the hunt lasted a bit longer this time and had great fun finding every last one.

 

 

Inside some of the eggs were puzzle pieces, which created a fun family activity - even if the pieces were a bit too bent to actually link together for the puzzle.

 

 

Dressed in our Easter best and ready for brunch!

 

 

Ethan and Olivia with the Easter bunny from Illini Country Club.

 

 

Lining up for the Easter egg hunt after brunch.

 



 

After brunch we went to the Lincoln Presidential Museum with Grammy and Grandpa Brett (with all of their visits to see us, we had never taken them!).  The museum was close to empty, which made for a nice relaxing visit there.

 

 

Ethan/Abe and Olivia/Mary in the kids' room at the Museum.  Olivia is not much shorter than Mary Todd Lincoln, but I fear Ethan will not come close to Abe's height!

 

 

Walking through Union Square Park after our Museum visit.  This is in front of the Springfield Race Riot Memorial.

 

 

Hanging out with Abe.