Easter Day!

Jaed and Josie have been so excited for this day to come. Josie was up at 7:15 a.m. waking her brother and sister up telling them that the Easter bunny was there. Thayne and I hid eggs down in the family room and left a note for the kids explaining which color of eggs were theirs. Jaed could find and collect the blue and green ones, Josie could find and collect the pink and yellow ones, and Indi got the purple and orange eggs. When they ran across and egg that wasn't theirs they would call the owner's name out and show them where it was. Thayne and I were suprised and thrilled at how organized and delightful the egg hunt was.



















After they were done with the Easter egg hunt, we told them that the Easter bunny hid their baskets in the living room and off they went. They found them in a matter of seconds were squealling with excitement. The girls both got a purse and a fun chevron car while Jaed got a Star Wars figure (JarJar Binks) and two water guns.




































Little Kai slept and ate through most of it while snuggling either me or Thayne. Next year she'll be running around like her older siblings, though. After we let the kids eat some of their Easter candy for breakfast we put their Easter outfits on and went to church.

Thayne and I decided, before Jaed was born, that when the kids got candy for a holiday (Halloween, Christmas, Easter, birthday, etc.) that we would let them have as much as they wanted on that day. If they wanted candy for breakfast, lunch, and dinner then that's what they got, but the next day we went back to the normal schedule and candy was put up and given out sparingly. I believe in letting kids be kids during those holidays and it's a day that I can relax and not worry about making sure they eat every meal, etc.. Just so you know, we do offer the "good" meals but most of the time they are declined and they spread their candy out in front of them and dive in!