Easter fun! Time for some pictures (FINALLY)

Okay, so these pictures posted a little backward than how I had intended, but it takes so f-ing long to upload them that I'll just deal with it.

We had a great Easter! The kids woke up to baskets filled with fun little goodies and each of them had a big stuffed bunny. (Pink and blue, natch.) They were thrilled! Except Maddie kept calling it her "Christmas basket". Oops. If THAT's not a sign that we need to get back to church, I don't know what is. For all y'all that think I'm a heathen, I DID sit down and read the Easter story to the kids (no bunnies in sight, thank you very much) and tried to talk to them about what Easter was really about. I can't wait to get back to church on a routine basis and hopefully get them in Sunday school at least. We are definitely looking for a Catholic school in Lee's Summit, by the way, but I digress. Back to more secular manners:

We had an egg hunt in the backyard after naptime, and the kids LOVED it. The only ones they had been to before were these mass chaos-filled events put on by the Yokosuka base MWR....you know, THOUSANDS of kids on a wicked sugar high, running and pushing and screaming their way across a egg-filled football field? Nothing wrong with it, but I loved having a private family-only affair. I'm so glad we have a house with a great backyard.

On that note, you're probably wondering about the sandbox. Glynn and I had bought that sandbox for the kids two YEARS ago in Japan, but could never get any sand to fill it with over there. So it moved to Illinois with us. Thank God it did, because we found this cool purple non-toxic, dustless sand at Menard's to fill it with. It sparkles and EVERYTHING (Maddie is thrilled, especially, with the "sparkles"). So we made sure that was ready for their egg hunt as the grand finale. They LOVE it. What kid doesn't love a sandbox? Glynn has fashioned a tarp cover so the neighborhood cats don't leave any surprises for the kids as well. That ain't no Easter egg, honey!

Look how much they love their bunnies. Brady, in particular, is a big snuggly guy and loves any kind of stuffed animal. He actually curled up on this big 'ole bunny yesterday and took a nap on him (and me, see power-tool freak-out below).


I had to get the big bunnies to replace the little ones they found in my closet the day before. (Again, see below). We let the kids paint some eggs that night. It was so much fun, but such a mess. Who cares. As long as they're having a good time, I'm happy.

We finished the day with my famous ham-and-beans for dinner (my version of an Easter ham -- didn't really feel like making a huge feast). The kids got to eat leftover chicken noodles (the ham was too spicy for them) and green beans. They ate pretty well last night! They go on streaks where they eat almost nothing and then all of the sudden clean their plates. I don't know. I know they'll eat when they're hungry, so I try not to freak out about it too much.

That's about all the deep thoughts I have for today. I'm hurting quite a bit today, so I plan on resting more. I think Megan and Shirley are going to go out shopping or to a movie or something. Shirley leaves tomorrow, so Megan is soaking up all the mommy time she can get, she even got out of work today so she'd better take advantage of it! I may post more later if I get bored but for now, my chair is calling me.