We couldn't have asked for a better Easter this year. Ashlyn was so incredibly excited for Easter. I think the day after Christmas, she started asking when Easter was. There had been much build up and anticipation for the event in our house. We have started reading Ashlyn's children's bible with her every night before bed. She really gets into it and enjoys the stories. We tried to teach her the concept of Easter, but at this age it was still a little over her head.
Ashlyn and Dawson were up bright and early and were over the moon when they saw all the Easter bunny had left. He left a ton of eggs and they had a blast gathering all of them. I didn't think Dawson would get into it much at 14 months, but he surprised me. He did a great job of collecting Easter eggs too. After the egg hunt and Easter baskets, we had a delicious breakfast of our family's favorite whole wheat banana pancakes. We relaxed around the house for a bit, and then headed to my Grandma's for Easter dinner. She did a terrific job on the food and everything was wonderful. We stuffed ourselves silly! The kids enjoyed playing in my Grandma's backyard while we were there.
After my Grandma's house, we headed to Katy's house so Ashlyn could look for a few eggs over there. Katy explained to Ashlyn that the Easter bunny had left some eggs where Ella couldn't reach them and they needed her help. Ashlyn was more than happy to oblige. After Katy's house, we headed over to my brother's house to find some eggs. Ashlyn's uncle explained to her that the Easter bunny thought she was there, and left some eggs in his backyard. Ashlyn had a great time at both houses hunting for more eggs. My brother's house backs to an elementary school with a great playground. We took advantage of the perfect weather and played there for a bit. It was the perfect ending to such a wonderful day!
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| The Easter baskets before the kids went to bed. |
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| The Easter baskets in the morning. Ashlyn has really been wanting this Lalaloopsy doll and she was thrilled to see the Easter bunny brought it. |
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| Ashlyn insisted on leaving carrots out for the Easter bunny. He left this Hop figurine by the carrots. |
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| The hunt begins |
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| Ashlyn checking out her basket for the first time. |
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| I think this is a great action shot of Ashlyn running around looking for eggs. |
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| Dawson gathering eggs |
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| Putting them in the bag |
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| Ashlyn checking out what she got in her basket |
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| Dawson checking out his sister's book |
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| This is the alligator toy Dawson got. He really liked it. |
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| Joey lived in Italy for several years when he was growing up. Every Easter, they always got these Italian chocolate eggs that came with a special toy. We were so excited to see the Easter bunny carry on the tradition at our house and bring an Italian egg for Ashlyn. We let her try one bite. |
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| Dawson playing with the truck he got. |
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| Beautiful Ashlyn in her Easter dress. |
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| The best shot we could get of the two kids |
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| Ashlyn playing bubbles |
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| Ashlyn and her Papa |
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| Dawson was not liking his sister holding him that day for some reason. |
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| Best cousins in the whole wide world |
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| Ashlyn loves her Ella so much |
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| Slide fun |
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| We went down the slide dozens of times |
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| My babies and me |
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