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We are very behind in our blog, but Spring has been very busy work-wise, so we will try to catch up as we can.

First up: Easter Time! Easter fell at the end of March this time, which is maybe why we did not have too much time to do anything exceptional: no special eggs hunts, no special activities. Keegan is not a big “crafter”, so he did not care much about painting eggs or doing other season related activities.

As always, on Thursday, they had a nice Easter party at school, which included an egg hunt, games and the magician Easter bunny, who surprised them all by making a real bunny appear. Well, it was the same trick he used last year, so Keegan was expecting him to do it again, and he was not disappointed.

The kids had fun and got to bring home their eggs, including the ones they colored and painted at school, in a rabbit-shaped bag.

On Friday, I had my mini-spring break (basically a 4 day weekend). Easter here is not a holiday, so it was a real Spring break for me:Keegan went to school and Matt wen to work, so I got a lot of work done and even managed to get my car in for its 10,000 check up. In the afternoon, our neighbor Kelton came by, and the kids rode bikes and played at our house. We all ate pizza and ice cream together, and by then the kids were exhausted.

Easter weekend was fun: we went to the Safari Park in the morning and painted some eggs in the afternoon.

Again, not too much effort was put into it, but we can’t have Easter without painting eggs. Keegan could not wait for the egg hunt morning so he was a little out of control at bedtime…he was so excited! At nighttime we prepared everything: filled the eggs, made the basket, etc. and stuffed everything in a closet.

Keegan woke up early the next morning, but we convinced, barely, to wait till after my nap to go look…I needed the time to go and hide the eggs. Matt told him that if he saw the Easter bunny he would scare him away and he would not leave him anything. That worked, even though I don’t know if he really believes in the Easter bunny. Once he told me he knew it was just a guy in a suit…

When I got up, a couple of hours later, Keegan was ready to go and ran to the front yard. Please note his pants: yes, they have holes on the knees, and no, we are not neglectful parents! Keegan LOVES these pants, and so, even if they have huge holes he wears them at home.

Even though we only fill enough eggs to fit in the small basket, we also have some oversize ones to put in a bag. We also got him a toy he has been asking for months, the McQueen Falcon Hawk, basically an oversized car with retractable wings. Honestly, I really did not want to buy it because it is an overprice chunk of plastic, and I totally expected to get bored of it within a few weeks (which is exactly what happened). However, I have found it at more than 50% off, so I guess I had to buy it. Of course I made sure Keegan knew that that was the only reason why we got it, since we had been telling him it was way too expensive.

counting the jelly beans…fortunately he does not over do in the candy department

Matt made us a delicious brunch with eggs, potatoes, veggies, and a cool eggs-shaped corn bread. Delicious!

So, it was a great, mellow Easter, and watching keegan search for eggs and open to see his surprises makes it always worthwhile.

 

 

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