Easter Weekend

We had a fun holiday weekend with the kids. After spending Saturday morning cleaning up and doing some projects around the house, we headed out to the Treehouse Museum. Our free membership expires next week and we thought we should get in one more trip while we could. I was hoping that no one else would think of going to the Treehouse on the day before Easter, and it worked out that way. There were just a few other families there. That’s just how we like it. The kids got to be in the little partici-play. Ben was Prince Charming, Emily was the Big Bad Wolf, Elise was Sensible Bunny, and Abby was Little Red Riding Hood. Elise was thrilled that she had a big speaking part (it certainly made up for her field trip disappointment). They all had lots of fun. Abby was super cute repeating her lines. She doesn’t seem to have any fear about getting up in front of people. The kids made bunny masks in the art garden and we spent the rest of the time playing chess and checking out some of the newer exhibits (along with a few old favorites). It’s still not our favorite place, but even Nate admits that it is more fun when we go as a family than on a school field trip.



After the Treehouse, we took the kids out for Mexican food and then headed home to color eggs. We had a couple of dropped eggs (Abby and Ben), a tummy ache (Elise), and half a bottle of red food coloring accidentally poured into one cup (Nate). Other than that, everything went great.


Ben came upstairs at 11:30 p.m. and threw up all over himself and Nate and the couch. Fun times. I was worried that our Easter plans were about to be thrown out the window, but he went back to sleep and woke up feeling fine.

The kids opened their Easter presents from Grandma Reatha first thing in the morning. The girls got angel necklaces with their birthstones and Ben got an optical illusions book. They all loved their gifts.

I kept Ben home from Primary just to be safe. Nate came home during Sunday School to play Easter Bunny and so that Ben and I could go to sacrament meeting. We were trying to be sneaky about hiding the kids’ Easter baskets, but Ben caught us red handed. Our cover was blown. I explained that really Mom and Dad were the Easter bunny. Ben was shocked and surprised. He’s such a sweet kid. I felt a little bad about taking away his innocence, but I figured it was about time. He’s ten years old for crying out loud. We made him promise not tell his sisters and he was really good about keeping the secret. It was fun to see him doing little winks at us throughout the day when anyone would talk about the Easter Bunny. The funny thing is that I’m pretty sure he still believes in Santa and the Tooth Fairy. One of these days he’ll put 2 and 2 together. Maybe Elise will have to break it to him . . . she’s already on to us.

After church the kids found their baskets. Our hiding places were pretty tricky and it took them a long time to track them down. They loved their little presents. The biggest hits were the Zhu Zhu pets and the wallet/coin purses that I got them and all of the little novelty toys that Nate threw in (ring squirter, bouncy balls, etc.).



My family came over for dinner and an egg hunt. I was a little paranoid that it was going to rain (or snow) and ruin the egg hunt, but the skies cleared up just in time. The kids even stayed outside and played afterward. All of that worrying for nothing. It was a really great day with good food and family and fun.






We took the girls to Kohl’s a few weeks ago and let them pick out their own Easter dresses. I’m a fan of this new plan. It is fun to let them experiment a bit with finding their own style and I think that they all made great choices. Ben got a new suit too. It looks exactly like his old one, but is one size bigger. Dress wear for boys is kind of boring.