Happy Easter

from April 25, 2011

Ash Wednesday was this past week which means there are about 40 days until Easter - probably a good sign that I should get my pictures posted from last Easter. 

Keeping consistent with our Easter tradition, we headed over to Omi and Poppy's house on Saturday for our annual egg decorating.   This year, we had more decorations than in years past - all kinds of stickers, shrink wraps, glitter dots and more.  I am sure that it will come as no surprise that Dylan was only interested in dyeing the eggs and making the maximum amount of mess. 

Dylan spent a lot of the time "washing" his hands and more than once, splashed everyone around him with dye by throwing the eggs in the dye cup. (I knew better than to sit anywhere near him, lol)

 Ryan, on the other hand, was pretty methodical and wanted to use the "Big Kid" decorating tools like the rollers to make stripes.

 

...that is until he found the Transformer stickers and then the rest of his eggs were either Autobot eggs or Decepticon eggs. (and he also refused to look at me for any pictures)

The next morning, we took the kids out to eat and Ryan said he didn't really feel great but then dropped it.   When we got back to Omi and Poppy's, both kids started yelling that they saw eggs as we drove up the driveway.   We told them they had to go inside and get their baskets and go to the bathroom before we started - as soon as we got in the bathroom, Ryan got sick.   As soon as he was done and we washed his face off, he declared he was ready to go.   We told him that we could wait a bit for him to feel better but he said he was fine and off the boys went to look for eggs. 

It didn't take Dylan long to be covered in chocolate and jelly bean coloring - when I looked though his basket at the end, it was filled with empty plastic eggs and not one piece of candy was left.   I admit I was not really watching Dylan because Ryan would be running around looking for eggs, watching Dylan out of the corner of his eye to make sure he wasn't getting more, then he would lean in to a bush and puke, then keep going.   No joke - the kid would puke and then take off running.   He swore he felt fine and better each time he got sick, had no temperature and aside from puking, he was acting totally normal.    By the time all the eggs were found, he said he felt 100% and was fine after that (until we got home)

After all the eggs were found, each boy got their first clue for finding their baskets.

 

We read the boys their clues but they didn't need any other help finding their baskets.   Ryan found his first and then helped Dylan find his - as soon as both were found though, both boys went n different directions to check out their goodies.   Of course, Dylan didn't get past the candy.

Ryan was most excited about the new dvd, probably because he was in no mood for candy with the upset stomach.

Sadly, of all the family pictures taken that day, this one was the best

Hopefully, we will have great weather again this year and our Easter tradition will continue.  

When we got back home later that night, the Easter Bunny had left all kinds of goodies for the boys.  Poor Ryan still wasn't feeling great so he pretty much laid there while Dylan opened everything and showed it to him.  I really hope that he feels better this year.