Our first Easter in our house

Here are the kids right before we headed out to church on Easter morning.


The reason for the kiddies raising their hands was because I asked who wanted to go on an Easter egg hunt after church. Both kids couldn't wait. So after we got home from church, and of course the kids ate all of their lunch (gotta use a good bribe whenever you can), we headed to the backyard for our little hunt.


Here is Ava going for the egg hidden in the trees. Ava was very sweet during the egg hunt, not because she was eating all of the candy, but she made sure to leave enough eggs for Reid to get on his own. She filled up her basket and declared, "I have enough eggs. The rest are for Reidy to get."


Reid still remembered the egg hunt from the week before and needed no coaching in the egg gathering department.


Hmmm. I don't think that egg quite made it into his basket. He also remembered that the eggs have candy inside.


The kids excitedly emptying out their eggs to see what candy they got.


Later that afternoon Ava helped me decorate and set the table for our Easter dinner. She even helped make these "bird's nests" for everyone's plate setting. She's becoming quite the big helper around these parts.


She's also quite the good sneak when it comes to all things sweet. Here she is secretly nibbling on some chocolate dipped pretzels while we waited for Nana and Grandpa to come over.


We had a really nice Easter. I just wish the weather was warmer. Did you notice Ava had to put tights on after church for our egg hunt? But hey, at least it didn't rain on Sunday. And we did enjoy getting to celebrate Easter with family.