We had a really great Easter Sunday.
Irelyn came into the bedroom around 7:30am saying that the Easter Bunny didn't come because they looked everywhere but couldn't find their baskets! We told her to get Georgia and try again and look everywhere. Soon after that we heard little shouts of "ooohs" and they had found their baskets. Each girl got a tote bag to use at the library to carry the books they borrow, some Reese's peanut butter eggs, new play-doh, bath fizzies, Georgia got the movie Enchanted and a necklace and Irelyn got a new Disney Princess Tea Party DVD. R got up and let me sleep a little bit longer. He made the traditional holiday Pillsbury orange rolls for breakfast and woke me up in time to eat.
After breakfast we got ready for church. My parents drove over and joined us for the service. The girls didn't know Grandma and Papa were going to meet us and were beyond excited to see them. Irelyn sat on Grandma's lap during the opening music and readings until it was time for children's church. They got to make bead covered crosses, decorate a cookie and make a paper flower and we had a nice message from the Pastor.
We all headed our separate ways to prepare for Easter dinner at my parent's house in Plant City. We were supplying dessert and a fruit salad. After an early dinner, the girls and 2 cousins got ready for the egg hunt. We hid around 100 eggs for the 4 kids to find. Most of the eggs were money-filled (with coins and some 1's and 5 special eggs that had $5 inside). We threw in some candy & fruit snack filled eggs, too. After going through all the eggs and enjoying a treat or two, we all headed to the backyard for some water balloon fun! The kids all had a blast throwing balloons at each other (the big kids got involved, too; R ended the day with a water balloon to the crotch). I appeared to be invincible, as my oldest brother tried to hit me at least 3 different times and each time they bounced off me and popped on the ground. Nice!
Headed home after drying off and eating more food to prepare for school the next day.
