Happy Easter!

Happy Easter!  We had a very full weekend, because the girls participated in no less than 3 Easter egg hunts.  They lucked out this year.

 

On Saturday, our church held a hunt, which was very fun for them.  There were hundreds of eggs and they divided the kids up by age.  Emily stayed with Karina while Eliana went off with a friend she knew from pre-school.

It turns out that Eliana and her friend found a section of the lawn that no other children had discovered.  As a result, they made off like bandits because there was no one else to compete with.  Notice Eliana's big smile and how full her basket is.

 



The next morning on Sunday, we had the Easter egg hunt inside our house like we always do.  Eliana was very excited, almost as excited as when it's Christmas morning.

 

Here are the girls coming downstairs.

 

The first thing they got was their Easter baskets full of goodies.  They got marshmallow Peeps ("pink birds" Karina calls them) as well as some Hello Kitty trinkets.

Eliana always has her hands in other people's stuff.  Just making sure that everything is equal and fair.

Gabriel also got a basket!  His, however, had no pink birds or any candy for that matter.  Instead it had a board book.  From the looks of it, it didn't meet his expectations.

Then before the hunt, the girls changed into their Easter dresses.  We asked them to pose for pictures and Eliana complied obediently, knowing that the quicker we got pictures taken, the sooner she'd be able to pounce on the eggs strewn around the living room.

And then they were off!  Eliana found alot and Karina did a good job too.  

Found one!

 

Eliana was very generous with her little sister.  She would point out the location of certain eggs to Karina, instead of hoarding all of them for herself.

 

Here they are taking stock of their treasure.  Almost all the eggs were filled in just one jelly bean.  Eliana got a baggie to save them in.  Karina, on the other hand, would pop each into her mouth as soon as she opened each egg.

 

After the girls and Emily came back from church, we took a break.  Emily's family, including the girls' beloved cousing, Abby and Millie, were coming over for dinner.  For the girls, the wait for them to arrive seemed like an eternity.



Their older cousins finally did come!  The girls ran out to greet them.

The girls all played together.  Karina was decked out with all her accessories.

They also did silly things, like putting Hello Kitty hair clips into Uncle Charles' hair!

 

After hanging out a bit, the older cousins set up another Easter egg hunt for the girls.



 

Karina was getting pretty good at this.  Practice makes perfect, I guess!

 

 Gabriel was not able to hunt for eggs, but enjoyed reading his new book with Mommy.

 

 

The fun day ended with a big dinner and then dessert.  The girls had a blast and we hope you had a good Easter as well!