Easter Egg, Easter Egg, Where are you??

This easter season brought lots of fun with family and friends and .... eggs!

Connor's egg hunt practice started with an Easter egg hunt at school with Grandpa Bobby to help him count his eggs! Then Bobby and Shirley invited the boys to the egg hunt at Rose of Sharon. Peter and his mom, Cindy, came with us and all the boys learned a little more about Easter before gathering eggs (not sure hunt was the right word). Mannix wasn't quite sure what was going on and kept trying to pick up four eggs at the same time! Egg gathering was followed by hotdog lunch, cake, and CANDY!








We colored eggs in the backyard- made a mess, but the boys seemed to enjoy it!

Easter Sunday was a beautiful sunny day, hotter than usual spring days. The Easter Bunny hid eggs filled with piggy bank money around the house and outside and left baskets filled with goodies (some candy, clothes, sunglasses and other surprises). Connor got excited right away and started gathering eggs... Mannix not so much into hunting for eggs, but crazy over chocolate! He was shoving chocolate bunnies in his mouth so fast he was eating the wrappers!




We went for early garden service at church with Sarah Stone and her family and played on the playgound. The boys had fun getting covered in pollen in their Easter best! We came home for an early nap and then Grandma Mary brought over little Easter gifts for the boys, including Sugar Eggs with scenes inside them. Then we headed to Grandma Shirley and Grandpa Bobbys for Easter lunch with the family and more egg hunting. Thanks to Aunt Peggy and Aunt Jennifer for hiding all the eggs... only 260 of them... for four kids (Connor, Mannix, Parker and Kayleigh). Kayleigh was such a big help to the younger kids, making sure they didn't miss a single egg!

Gramma and Grandpa Pat came to visit a little bit after Easter (delayed due to Pat's carpal tunnel surgery). It was a wonderful long weekend of fun, giggles, and backyard adventures!











Happy Easter everyone!

Now comes the fun with the easter candy... treats for potty training!

NC Zoo on an early spring day...

Did the Easter Bunny visit all the good boys and girls? We have had a great weekend and wanted to share some photos... especially for our loved ones far away this easter season. Our Easter weekend started at the NC zoo...remember you can click on the photos for a closer view.



Good fortune led to Scott and I being able to spend Good Friday with the boys. We have wanted to go to the zoo, so we thought this would be a perfect day. Warm spring weather, holiday weekend so less crowded... thats what we expected. Instead, super crowded after lunchtime, and over 90 degrees... but still a great day!



We left home early and got there around 9:30, started in Africa, and saw giraffes first. The weather was gorgeous, but we knew it was going to get hot.







The two bears were playing together high in the trees- it didn't seem like the trees could hold their weight and they were higher than the fences!



What we didn't plan on was Connor asking to go home as soon as it got hot! The boys took turns riding in the wagon, riding on Scott's shoulders, or walking with me.



Both boys seemed impressed with the animals, but also seemed happy just to play in the dirt in the KidsZone.




After lunch, it was getting too hot, too crowded, and too close to naptime. The animals seemed to agree that a nap seemed like a good idea!






We made a special visit to the pink flamingos for Sarah... they were napping too!



Luckily on our way out, we finally saw the zebra run by! Connor had especially been looking forward to seeing the zebra and he really got a kick out of him running around, playing with the giraffes!



Every night at bedtime, we take turns saying what our favorite part of the day is. Needless to say, the zebra won for Connor's favorite part of the day, two nights in a row...until the easter bunny came! Easter Egg Hunt and Easter Day photos to come soon, so please check back.