Backyard Fun

After we hunted eggs, we had fun playing in the backyard. Ben wanted John to pull him "WAAAYYY Back."

He thought it was so much fun to go high.

Egg Hunt

By the time we finished lunch, it was naptime and every one was fussy (John and I included) so we loaded up and headed home without hunting eggs. Ben, Mollie, and I all napped in the car and felt better when we got home. John hid the one dozen dyed eggs for Ben. I gave Mollie her Easter basket and a few plastic eggs to play with while he hunted.

Climbing into the swingset fort to get an egg.

Ben needs egg hunting practice. We had to practically point his head at the pink egg in the truck behind him.

Mollie had fun with her Easter basket.

After Ben found all the eggs, he and John hid them for me to hunt.

Happy Birthday Grandaddy

Grandaddy's birthday was Tuesday so we had cake after lunch Sunday. Ben helped blow out the candle, of course.

Easter Clothes

All dressed up in their Easter outfits.

Thankfully, we took pictures before church. We all returned from church ragged and grumpy. According to the nursery workers, Mollie cried the entire time she was in the nursery. Ben didn't want to be left in the nursery so we took him into church with us. He often goes to church with us on Sunday night. I had his story Bible, markers, and a notebook that we always carry to church. For some reason, it was a disaster. He was whiny. Wouldn't color. Wouldn't stay still. Wouldn't be quiet. Finally, John rose to carry him out of the sanctuary and Ben started yelling during the service at the Elders' VERY FORMAL church. John carried him out and I followed with our stuff. We ended up sitting on the steps outside the chapel trying to watch the service through the chapel doors on the big screen TV. Not a great Easter worship experience.

Egg Hunt

We were invited to an Easter Egg hunt Saturday afternoon hosted by a family from our church. You can't see Ben in this picture. He's near the back on the far right.

Listening to the much-repeated instructions that no egg required going into the flower beds or digging up a flower.

They did require climbing under bushes. There were eggs everywhere. The family hid 2,000 plastic eggs in their yard.



I helped Ben hunt eggs while John carried around Mollie. She enjoyed all the excitement, too.

Ben loved the Easter bunny.

Mollie did not. When the Easter bunny stepped out onto the driveway where all the kids were waiting, there was mass wailing. The Easter bunny is NOT loved by everyone.

Dyeing Eggs

Ben and I dyed a dozen eggs Saturday morning while Mollie napped. Ben is waiting for the tablets to dissolve.

Ben added insect and puppy stickers.

After they were all dyed, he colored them with markers.

Moving

Like Ben, Mollie is a late crawler. She gets up on her knees . . .

and then belly dives forward.

But all that work was worth it. Now she can play with one of Elmo's legs. I know she knows that this is Ben's toy. I had two more interesting toys of hers on the floor and this is what she went for every time.

And a video: