Easter

Easter this year was busy, as usual.  We kicked off the festivities the week before Easter with our church's egg hunt.  I even managed a group photo.  Everyone is smiling; that never happens!  Gigi bought Poppy's first Easter outfit and bow.  We decided to put it on her for the church hunt since that's when I take the most pictures.  As you'll read later, it's a good thing we made that decision!

 Lachlan was the first to hunt.  Don't let that look fool you; he was crying 2 seconds before.

 Making sure no one's going to steal his egg.

 I zipped home with the younger 2 plus Liam while Troy stayed with the big guys.  This picture makes me laugh.  I can see a similar one being taken for years to come.

 Jonas.

 Reef loved a good challenge instead of going for the obvious ones.

 On Wednesday, we had our annual playgroup hunt.  5 years in and we're still trying to get that perfect group pic.  Gavin was out before the camera were even turned on.

 Poppy was also a challenge.  Gentry is also missing from the picture...

 Poppy got 1 egg; it was all she needed.

 Easter weekend brought Troy's birthday and potty training for Lachlan.  The boys enjoyed egg dying and would've done hundreds if we had them.  I didn't boil them this year since we weren't hiding them and don't eat boiled eggs.  You'll be impressed to know that only 1 broke.  Our hands are still pink, in case you were wondering.

 The night before Easter brought a 102 degree fever for Jonas.  No other symptoms, but this guy seems doomed to be sick on Easter.  Last year he had the worst stomach bug EVER; I'm thankul it wasn't repeated this year.  So, no church for him...or Lachlan since the potty training still hadn't clicked...or Poppy since Daddy she was napping and Daddy had to do the communion meditation.  I'm glad Poppy wore her outfit the week before.
The Easter bunny enjoyed packing their baskets this year.

 All the boys got summer shoes; hero flip flops for R and J and green crocs for L.  They were loved.

They also got a hero shirt and angry birds fruit snacks.  Also loved.

In spite of the fever and stress of potty training, we still enjoyed our long weekend together.  The boys are really good at telling the Easter story.  I love hearing them tell me that the "tune" is "empty!"