Easter..Eggs..Hunts...Oh My!

The meaning of Easter from Addie's point of view: "It was time for Jesus to go home". Well put Addie.

Easter Weekend was a FULL weekend. We went to two Easter Egg Hunts on Saturday and then of course Sunday we celebrated Easter with family. The first hunt was a little early in the morning and it was still a little chilly. We went around 10am to my church. They had a ton of eggs and lots of prizes and then a cookout afterwards!

Addie once again was star struck by the Easter Bunny and had to have a picture with him!

They had so many eggs that each child probably had 20 or 25.

After our bellies were full we headed to the second Easter Egg Hunt where we had a fabulous snack of popcorn! Mmmm...I love popcorn from those machines..it is like movie theatre popcorn! We each ate a bag!

By now....Addie was a pro at hunting for eggs...of course when they are spread on top of grass in an open field....one could probably be a pro the first time around! HA! Nonetheless...Addie loved it!

Addie had a gold ticket in one of her eggs and was soo exited to pick out a special prize! In the picture above she is holding her "gumby" style bunny rabbit!

We met up with Addie's sister Sadie (pic below) and got a cute grin from both the girls!

Easter Sunday we woke up to find little bunny paw prints scattered around the downstairs....Addie knew if she followed the footsteps a nice surprise would be waiting for her!

I have read so many blogs about other people's Easter.....and so many of them seem so proud because "this year they decided to go with an Easter basket that did not have any candy in it". I have no idea who they are trying to impress...but seriously people..no candy in the Easter baskets? Either 1. they are not telling the truth....or 2..they ARE telling the truth and their children are still wondering around to this day looking for the candy that the Easter Bunny must have brought and hid somewhere REALLY good. No...I don't give my child candy all the time but yes..she gets candy and it is not "just on special occasions". "Gasp"..yes..it's true. Of course we don't eat it for breakfast...well not every day...but I feel that teaching Addie moderation is better than abstaining altogether. The parents that are trying to keep their kids from eating candy and junk food is like giving them a ticket to explode at the first sleepover they have at someone else's house...someone like me. Ha..parents beware..I will give your children sugary cereal and I am not afraid of....wait for it....."HIGH FRUCTOSE CORN SYRUP"! "Gasp" again...... So...this long sugary rant leads to a picture of Addie's Easter Basket with CANDY! I realize the picture below does not do my rant justice but the candy was there..nonetheless! Mmmm! So good! We also had plastic Easter eggs hidden around her play room with candy in each of those too!

Once again I do not have any pictures of my family but they all came over (mom, dad, sister, brother in law) for Easter Sunday. We had a great meal and just hung out and enjoyed this beautiful weather. Addie ate more candy (sorry..last candy reference--i think my point has been made) and then we got ready for work and school the next day! It was a wonderful Easter Weekend!