Still Kickin' It...Easter Style that is

Easter is in full swing around here.  We both have our families in town and we are enjoying every minute of it.  This morning we went to a good ol' fashion Easter egg hunt in Ladd.  It wasn't the kind where you only get one egg.  Nope, it was the kind in a big open field where the kids could run and pick up as many as they could.  No big prizes, just some good ol' fashion Easter fun.  The way it should be.

The kids were armed with their Easter baskets and ready to go.

Jayne girl

Uncle Adam, Greyson, and Jayne

Still wondering what this conversation was...it made for some interesting pics;)

The big open field of eggs.

Jayne and her mama...

Greyson getting a better look

And the fun begins....

Livy and Grey

Grey was trying to pick up two at a time...lol!

And Jayne was more interested in what was inside those little eggs...smart girl;)

and this dude was there for the Easter fun too....This is Brayden - Nate's cousin...he's one layed back little dude...

Now it was Grey's turn to check and see what was inside his eggs...

Grammy Ann and Jayne

It was hard to get all the kids looking at the same time...so here are the best of them...

Then it was inside to see the Easter Bunny (not the cutest Easter bunny either-just thought I would add that)....Here's Brayden again.....he didn't even make a peep with the E.B.  I told ya he was layed back...

And well, for Greyson he would still have NOTHING to do with the EB....this is as close as he got but Jayne at least sat on his lap.

Once again, the best I could do for a group photo...

Happy Easter to all!

Coloring Easter Eggs

Greyson slept this morning until 7:30, which is late for him.  I have been telling him all week that we were going to color Easter eggs and so we saved it for Friday.  It was really a fun family activity for us.

Decorated eggs have been a symbol of this time of year for centuries.  Ancient civilizations believed they represented the miracle of the changing seasons.  Bet you didn't know that, did ya?  Just a little info. ha!

Taking it all in

Adding in the colors

Daddy was a big help

They all bubbled up and Grey thought it was pretty cool

stirring the cups

and literally DROPPING them in.

I wish I would have boiled more eggs.  I had no idea Grey would have enjoyed it as much as he did.

He was doing it ALL by himself of course

Daddy made a special Pink & Blue egg for Baby Ernat

Family Easter pic

Check out the Dudes face....and really don't mind us lookin' all good in our early morning glory.

Baby's special little egg.....what are we gonna get?  A whole lot of pink or A whole lot of blue

Our little nest of eggs.

the egg on the belly bump

and the big brother of course loves to feel the baby bump

Hope you color some Easter eggs, it was lots of fun!

Happy Friday!

Kickin' It...Easter Style...

Along with the holidays comes many things and first and foremost....entertaining the kiddos.  I should really rephrase that to along with EVERYDAY comes first and foremost-entertaining the kiddos.  What to do with these days in between melt-downs, getting them fed, getting them ready, getting them their naps, and all the other stuff that needs to get done, etc etc.  The list goes on and on.

We did finally get to Easter cookies mid morning after...{here goes}.... some laundry was folded, some vacuuming was done, a workout for the prego mama was completed, a two year old finished his bowl of cereal, a meltdown (maybe a couple of those), a Target run for the cookie "stuff", and a pit stop at the grocery store...It's amazing what we can get done and all in sweats and jammies too...

I told you he had to finish his cereal first and would you check out the grip on that spoon....we really don't hold it like that...hah!

Oh and he did manage to get some work done for me too...that is before we did the cookies...

Ok so back to this post....kickin' it Easter style....let's start with some Easter cookies - shall we?!  Oh what fun for a two year old to have three bowls of frosting put in front of him, some confetti candy, and some jelly beans and then your mommy say...."go for it Grey".......it just screams excitement doesn't it! 

Here are the cookies baked and ready to go...right before the frosting fun began in my kitchen-remember we're kickin' it!

Daddy took some pictures for us

We had no cute Easter knives to use so we were left with some snowmen...just Grey's size

But first a kiss "break" in between frosting...

Grey had to do some taste testing

and he added just the right touches to each one

This is kickin' it Greyson style...Good job Grey!

and of course some MORE taste testing along EACH and every step of the way

Don't worry my friends, we will be the ONLY ones eating these...ha!

And I bet you can hardly wait......

the FINISHED product!

That's right, we're kickin' it Easter style!