We have had a busy Sunday.
We Jack woke up at 6:40.
We tried to convince him that Easter was tomorrow, but he already saw the eggs… so we got up.
He tried to find all of the eggs before he found his basket.
That didn’t work so well because he kept dropping them:
I just learned last night that not everyone’s Easter Bunny hides baskets and eggs.
Ours does.
Except this year, the boy Easter Bunny hid one basket in the oven.
And turned the light on.
Do you know what happens when you leave the oven light on all night long?
The oven gets very warm.
And chocolate melts.
I guess this was the boy Easter Bunny’s first and last year hiding baskets.
The boys found lots of eggs:
This was the last one standing… can you see it?
These eggs are obviously made for us desert dwellers:
They are grass, dirt, and concrete colored!
They are the best. eggs. ever.
We officially “opened” the pool – which I should mention has a different meaning than it did when I was growing up in New York. Here in Arizona, we don’t really “close” our pool. We just decided that today was the day we would start swimming in it.
Still a little chilly, though… I think the water temperature was 68 or so.
Jack took a quick dip and decided to eat some fruit and watch Michael:
The best part of the day (by far) was after dinner.
We went outside and played with the boy’s new toys.
(I saw these and fell in love with the box):
I love the stick figures!
Michael tried it first:
It was a little hard, though.
His legs aren’t quite long enough.
Dad had to try it out next:
Then we had an idea…
and that worked well, but we thought maybe we could get them to go further.
and over the house.
Then we made a contest party out of it:
and all the neighbor’s kids came out to try:
This one obviously went pretty far… look at their faces!
The catapult?
It’s definitely coming out at the next party.
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What a cool game – love it and love the stick figures also. But the look on Dad’s face by far was the best. So nice to see flowers and sunshine and flip flops and shorts etc. etc. My day yesterday was digging in the dirt, and finding bricks, and more bricks the further down I dug – and I remember playing with those bricks when we were young. We built forts with them, and had separate rooms and had enough bricks to probably build a real house. So I think I will be finding these bricks next Easter too. And possibly the following Easter.
But back to the balloon tossing, the picture of Steve on the ground, priceless. Becca, he has monkey feet, and he has the nerve to laugh at yours. ;-) Love Ya Steve.
Jack’s determination at finding and not dropping the easter eggs is priceless!!!!! Love the catapult game! Even better….Michael’s contentment on the floatie in the pool!!! I’m soooo jealous!
How fun – that catapult is very cool! I am SO jealous that you have a pool!
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What a great catapult!! I want to try that!
Looks like you guys had a great time!
“Boy” Easter bunnies were never a good idea!
Growing up in your town, Easter was always the first day in the pool. Even though it was CHILLY! It was tradition.
We always have a basket hunt and an egg hunt too. We had to wake our kids up this year…which was weird, but they didn’t complain.
Loved seeing your pictures!
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Yea! Looks like a great Easter!
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What a fun Easter! I love the desert colored eggs, the catapult, and Jack finding eggs with no basket to put them in! Thanks for making me smile! :)
So strange…I just realized all your blog posts just popped into my reader today. I’m behind.
My SIL had those eggs too – so great! The kids kept walking by one b/c it looked like an acorn and their grandparents’ house is littered with acorns. I thought it was hilarious!
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I want a Water Balloon launcher! How stinking cool is that!
We use those eggs too, they are the best!!
Oh, and I am not speaking to you for…35 seconds…just because you were able to swim outside on Sunday. k?
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Oh my gosh! I must have one of those! :) That looks like so much fun.
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I didn’t know that you had a pool! How fun! I think it is definitely warm enough for swimming season (Heaven, help us! It’s not even summer yet…!). ;)
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