Easter dresses

We went to the Arboretum (yet again). This time it was with the goal of taking pictures of the girls in the Easter Dresses that Nana gave them. It is nearly impossible to get photos of the two of them together, both looking, both smiling.





They insisted on bringing their stuffed animals and having them in some pictures.
We were there with friends and handsome Hampton joined in with the pictures.

Easter

After church we went to my parents house to celebrate Easter.
The girls both wore beautiful smocked dresses. I was quite proud of the fact that the cost of their dresses, combined, was only $5! Katherine's dress was bought from a neighbor at a garage sale and Caroline's was handed down/borrowed from a friend. What a great deal for 2 beautiful, name brand dresses.

First we opened Easter Baskets. I am not big on candy or junk so I tried to make sure that the gifts in their baskets were useful. I also always want them to receive something spiritual. Katherine received a new Bible. We have loved our "Big Picture Story Bible" but with reading one story each day for nap and another at bed time, we go through the book twice a month. I got her the "Jesus Storybook Bible" and so far have really enjoyed it.
Caroline's favorite part of her Easter basket was her Elmo slippers. Katherine received bunny slippers.
My parents have a great yard for an egg hunt. They actually had to hunt for some of the eggs.




Caroline wants to see what Katherine has in her basket.
Checking out the loot.

A family photo
We went inside where Nana and Pops helped the girls to make bunny biscuits.
Caroline is putting on the raisin eyes.

They were pretty yummy. We finished off the afternoon with lunch followed by naps and rest time. It was a wonderful day celebrating our risen Lord.

Egg Hunt

We took the girls to an egg hunt at the church where they go to school. We started with the petting zoo. Katherine loved petting all of the baby animals and Caroline just wanted to look.
There was a group of baby chicks that were dyed all different colors. Katherine held the pink one.

The "hunt" was really more of a "gather". There were probably 50 kids and 1000 eggs spread over a piece of grass that was about 30 feet by 100 feet. There were no hidden eggs, just piles of eggs on the grass.




We enjoyed a fun morning.

Pre-Easter festivities

Janna and her kids came over for a play date and so I planned a few Easter activities. We hunted eggs in the back yard. We also made resurrection rolls and talked through the passion week using resurrection eggs.





Later that night Katherine and I dyed eggs.

Easter at the Arboretum

The day before Easter we went with my parents to the Arboretum. We had not all been for the spring festival yet and it was almost over. I expected it to be horribly crowded but it was not too bad. The girls wore their Easter dresses so that I could try to get some good pictures.

The Easter bunny was there for pictures. Katherine enjoyed seeing him but Caroline is not a fan of any character dressed up.

Usually Caroline is the photogenic child. She can usually be counted on for a great big smile. Today she was more interested in playing with the grass. No smiles.

Katherine, on the other hand, decided to be the model. She was posing in front of every flower. She would cock her head to the side and give a huge smile. I took way too many pictures mainly because she is so rarely this cooperative.

Toward the end she decided not too cooperate as much and turned her back. You can see though how long and pretty her hair has gotten. And no, I do not curl her hair. That is how it is naturally. I am so jealous.

Katherine loves to use my camera to take pictures. She actually took a pretty good picture of Nana and Pops. It is tilted to the side like a lot of photographers do.

This was our best sisters photo. It won't be hung on the wall. I don't know what they were looking at.

Katherine found a lady bug. That poor bug was with us for at least 15 minutes. It had deformed wings so it would not fly away. She carried it around and would get upset if she fell on the ground. We would all have to stop and look for her. She and Nana then found a bush with lots of lady bugs so they put her there to be with her mommy, daddy and grandparents.

As we were leaving Katherine asked us to take her picture again. She kept moving to different places for us to take more pictures. I don't know what was going on but I sure liked the cooperation.