Easter

 I failed at pictures this year, but got some video of finding baskets.  We had a lovely lunch, went to church and then to the Trowburst's house for dinner.

Easter

We all got cleaned up and dressed for Easter.  It felt nice to be in normal church clothes for awhile.

Eli has clearly grown recently and his suit coat was too short when he put it on.  Good thing we were just doing home church.

This was our church:

Ben threw Easter candy at anyone who participated.  It's going to be hard to go back to church where you have to just sit and listen and candy isn't being thrown at you.  Maya wins the prize for 'Most Attentive Listener'.  She had her paw resting on Ben's lap and soaked up every word he said.

After church, Ben hid baskets.  He hid them extra hard this year so it took some time for the kids to find them.

My favorite part of the day...Colin said the Reese's Pieces were carrot flavored...they were orange and in a carrot shape, so naturally they were carrot flavored.

After lunch, Alison did an egg hunt for the boys.

Giving them instructions:

I take that back, my favorite part was my three kiddos playing together.  Sounds funny, I know.  But the time they spend all together has been dwindling.  They get along great, which I am so thankful for, but just because of their ages and different interests, they have been spending more time apart.  The silver lining in the quarantine, has been seeing them enjoy time together again.  This day, they did egg hunts for one another, played the xbox, went for a bike ride and played a wrestling game.  I don't know exactly what they were doing, but I heard tons of giggles and it made me so happy.

The boys' and I watched the Veggie Tales Easter movie and I worked on my crochet.  Colin asked if I would teach him how to crochet too.  It was the sweetest.

Nothing in the world beats fresh zwiebach!  Ben found Amish apricot jam at the local farm and it was heavenly.

We had a wonderful dinner, with way too much food, but it gave us several days of not needing to cook :)

Easter

New house=new places to hide baskets!

It took the kids way longer to find baskets this year.  I love how you can see Eli looking under the couch...I also love his low expectations for a basket (i.e. one that is small enough to fit under a couch). 

Baskets this year no longer contained bubbles and chalk and instead, had waterbottles that also spray mist and a new t-shirt.  They also got a Reeses egg, a Snickers egg and a Cadburry egg. 

Colin also got goggles...I finally found some small enough for his noggin!

Eli got Dispicable Me 2

 You may also be thinking, "Geez Jen.  Didn't you notice how small Eli's pj's are?!"

Down side to the boys sharing a room and closet space=they are constantly putting on the eachothers clothes!  Funny part is, they are perfectly happy in clothes that don't fit at all.  Perhaps it just gives them another reason to get naked.

It took Alison the longest to find her basket.  Ben hid it in the school room, which is currently the most unorganized room of the house.  He finally went in there and played "hot and cold" with her.

Attempts to take a picture before church:

Such a bummer.  Eli was actually the one who was smiling the best and somehow I missed every single shot. 

After church, everyone went to the White's for lunch.  Alison has clicked with the girls already and it's just a blessing to see her make friends so quickly.

 (Aline looks way bigger than the other girls, but it's just how the swing is)

Maddie, Alison, Aline

 The boys had fun too, especially because they allow nerf guns to be shot at this house and there were lots of other little boys to play with.

We were there most of the day and had our own egg hunt when we got home.  They had to find the eggs quick because I put chocolate in them and they were melting fast.

Here's the egg hunt and a glimpse of our awesome backyard.

And my favorite picture of the day; the kids spraying eachother with their new waterbottles.