Easter Day, or Second Easter

Meme and Pap showed up later in the evening on Saturday and gave Baylor their Easter gifts.  One item was a giant chocolate Easter Bunny.  

And the rest of the basket was army toys. 

He was most interested in the bunny of course.  Please stand back Mommy, Meme has this.  

I guess he is an ears guy.  

Or just the face in general  

Gloria took a few photos of me in my usual place in the kitchen.  I am not used to seeing me in my natural environment, I am usually behind the camera!  

We had ham, roast pork stuffed with pork wrapped in pork, ham, mashed potatoes, gravy, red beet eggs, deviled eggs (from the eggs we colored yesterday) relish tray, veggie tray, green bean casserole, sparkus, and Stove Top stuffing.  There was plenty of food for us and for the grandparents to take home leftovers.  Jason was not able to make it as his car would not start that morning.  He ended up going out with his Dad and his wife for dinner.  Dave, Laura and Adam went to her family for dinner so it was a bit of a small family party but just as nice.  

 

Jamie had sent me a photo of my beautiful niece Presley and Mom and I sent her a photo of us saying Hi!  

The daffodils were just breaking open this morning and it is a sure sign Spring is coming and bringing warmer weather and sunny days.  This February was the coldest February on record here is PA and warm sunshine is a welcome change.    

The Easter Buddy hid the eggs again while we were inside finishing up dinner.  And unknown to Baylor the bunny snuck in the house while he was hunting eggs to hide a few other items inside.  

At six, he is a pro at egg hunting the larger eggs and still needs some encouragement on finding the smaller ones.  

Unless they are in a big piles out in the open of course.  

But the couple in the cider block were a bit of a challenge for him.  Luckily I was there to assist. 

It is not often I remember to take a photo of everyone, almost everyone, but we did today.  

After coming inside it was time to open all the eggs.  There were new DVDs in a big pink egg.  

A coveted Lego set in the green egg. 

Transformer mini figures in a yellow egg, Lego mini figs in another egg. 

And of course a couple dozen candy filled plastic eggs.  

Buddy and Pap had some nice grandpa conversations on the steps.  Baylor opening eggs was not really of much interest to them.  

While he was opening his eggs, he found four with notes in them giving him clues to where other items had been found.  He was able to read most of the words and we helped him with the works he could not work out.  He was told something was in the bathtub and found his Easter Basket, loaded with more goodies. He loved the hunt and the Easter Bunny will have to remember that for next year.  

One note said to find something where he keeps his hats and gloves.  He dug down to find a Lego WiiU game.  His found Batman III game hiding in his underwear drawer.  He was so excited that the bunny must have come inside and hid things while he was hunting eggs.  Smart bunny I would say.  

Grandma and Buddy had a nice basket of goodies and I think he had a good time. I know I did.  

I know how much Meme likes photos so I try to get some for her when I think it is one she will like.  Gloria hates to smile.  

Most of the time she pulls faces and I print them and give them to Meme as well!!  

I think the Easter Bunny made one little boy pretty happy this year!  

Play date

So I am behind it a lot of things right now and taking photos of Baylor in his red shirt and jeans is one of them. I usually take them after his birthday and before Christmas.  Well, it is at least before Easter, which is tomorrow.  He wanted his friends included in the photo which is not what I wanted but what the heck.  I got him in the clothes without any tears, which is a feat in itself.  

I found the outfit he wore home from the hospital and included that as well.  

My, how he has grown!!  

We had a play date with Kartikey, Baylor's best Kindergarten buddy.  While we were waiting for them to come over Baylor and I played outside.  

While we did let them play and run around, we had invited them over to color Easter eggs.  I thought he may have never done that before and I was right.  His mom, Greeva, and I had fun talking while they were playing and fun helping them with the eggs.  Baylor is an old pro and helped him out as well.  

They took a few home to show his dad but I am pretty sure they did not eat them.  They are vegetarians and I remember her telling me earlier that they don't eat a lot of eggs, other than mixed into dishes or baked goods.  It does not really matter though, the boys had a good time and so did us Moms.  

First Easter

Baylor had off  Good Friday and I did also so we planned Easter with the Hazel's and my parents for today.  Buddy and Grandma showed up first and Baylor was excited to see them.  

It was a bit chilly but Brigid was good in her short sleeves and Baylor wanted gloves on!   A brief photo shoot while going over the rules: no stealing eggs if someone spotted it first, there were three golden eggs, everyone gets one and they cannot be opened right away, and adults cannot find the eggs for them.  The Easter Buddy and John did a good job hiding the eggs and spreading them out so each kid could take an area.  Heather had brought eggs as well so there were plenty for everyone!  

Now off you go.  

And then the fighting began inside.  Brigid kept stealing Connor's M&Ms as he opened his eggs.  One of the golden eggs had $20.00 (Baylor found that one) and the other two had a piece of paper with a number on it.  Each number went to a bag with a stuffed animal in it.  Connor got the floppy duckling and Brigid got a boxer dog with bunny ears.  I think Connor wanted Baylor's egg but Baylor was not willing to trade. 

Everyone got lots of goodies and while the preparation takes a lot of time, I love the end result.  We had a nice dinner of ham and lots of yummy sides.  The kids loved the cupcakes as did everyone else.  I love spending holiday time with Heather and her family.  I wish my brother and his family were closer so we could include them as well.  

PJ Day

Apparently last week was pretty rough at Kindergarten because this week the kids were given the option to improve their behavior and earn a special day or not and just have a regular week.  I even got a long note in his folder about him talking during class and knowing when she would call his name what she was going to say.  He is a bright kid and I think he gets bored, like a lot of kids, and instead of acting out, he talks to his friends.  They were all apparently on good behavior and choose to have PJ day instead of a movie.  Since it was Thursday and Gloria often has a special day with Baylor on Thursday, she took him out to breakfast in he PJs.  She said she got a lot of funny looks and had to explain it was PJ day at school.  She was not just a Mom who did not dress her kid.  

After school, Baylor changed his clothes to go see the Easter Bunny.  Julie had sent me a photo of the boys from the day before and I even sent Baylor with his blue bunny but they forgot it in the car.  

While they were off spending time together, (I was off work) I made the cupcakes for Easter Friday with the Hazel's and my parents.  They do gluten free foods so I bought a gluten free yellow cake mix to make cupcakes.  The edible grass was at Target as were the hollow, chocolate bunnies, lambs and chicks.  

And while I was cleaning off the table I found someone had marked his space with his name.