Happy Easter, everyone!
We have several iterations of Easter art that we got to practice this week (thanks rain!) and the boys really seem to love making any sort of chalk art! Thomas has great chalk based handwriting, wouldn’t you say?
Their dad even got in on the fun and drew them this awesome Easter bunny!
Henry was a little obsessed with drawing the colorful Easter eggs. Here’s hoping we don’t blow through our chalk supply before they get tired of it…!
When pulling out all of the Easter supplies from storage, we found a few hopping bunnies that poop out jellybeans that had never even been opened! I am pretty sure we had a pair and my sister sent another pair unknowingly. It worked out great this year since one had broken - now every kid had one!
Well not the adult kid… But he seemed pretty content sharing jellybeans with Natalie. ;)
Another gift from Aunt Heather - this fun egg spinner to help you color the eggs! I even remembered to buy the right color eggs this year!
They take their egg coloring very seriously and don’t appreciate being asked to stop and take photos. But they usually humor me. ;)
Our Loquat tree is loaded down with fruit! None of us have ever tried a Loquat, so we were pretty excited to try them out. Turns out - they are pretty good! And the boys had a blast helping pick them off the tree!
Ok, we may have gone a bit overboard on picking them. But we thought we so many ripe ones, maybe we could make some jam??
But first…. Easter Egg hunting time! Aren’t these buckets just the cutest?? Matt’s coworker sent them to us and they turned out way cuter than I expected.
Also, I finally gave in and bought a pair of crocs, but went with a cute pink instead of the camo like the males in the house. It looks pretty silly when Henry steals them because he can’t find his own… ;)
I was worried that Natalie would rip the bow right off her rabbit, so the lady who made the buckets sent us a spare. (must have toddlers as well…) But honestly, Natalie loved her bucket so much and she hasn’t tried to destroy it yet!
I didn’t get any photos of the actual egg hunting because I was having too much fun watching the boys run around! Thomas was an egg spotting champion!!
But Henry did pretty awesome too! I think we even managed to find all of the hidden eggs - I always forget where they are by the time we finish hiding them. Lol - I could stage my own egg hunt with no problem…
Also Henry is holding an egg with a “T” on it because we reuse the eggs over and over again - that one was from a hunt their Aunt Heather made where she wanted to make sure they each got the same number and labeled them. Lol - they were young enough they didn’t throw a fit. ;)
Natalie napped through the egg hunting (sorry babe - next year??), but we shared Easter treats with her anyhow! She loved the peeps!
And the jelly beans… And then got a little crazy from the sugar… Love this crazy girl!
I didn’t really feel like doing all the work for Easter dinner, but this year I didn’t have to! A lot of the restaurants are struggling right now and some have gotten creative with to-go options. Our new favorite is Whiskey Cake - they offer some awesome family style options that just need to be heated. Easter dinner required a little bit of prep, but it was awesome!
Also their original packages all came with grocery staples and toilet paper. Lol - genius!
Finally time to work on the Loquats! These little fruits are like 75% seed!!! Definitely a labor of love to get these things peeled… And Natalie discovered she likes them, so about half of them have to get passed over to her or I won’t hear the end of it.
But I persevered )over several days) and had almost enough to make a small batch of jam. I was just a tiny bit short and added in some grated apple to make up the difference. It turned out pretty awesome!
I just need to get some helpers next year. ;)