Happy Easter!

For Easter this year, the kids got to participate in TWO egg hunts.  Unfortunately, we missed the hunt sponsored by the Journal becuase of a soccer game, but we made up for it.  First, we went with our neighbors to a hunt hosted by a local church that another friend goes to.  Then the day before Easter, we went to a hunt sponsored by the church affiliated with the kids' school. 

Hopscotch!

Jumping for Joy!

Before the egg hunt at Holy Cross, they announced that for each age group, there were two special eggs that had a special prize inside.  We spotted one of those eggs before they opened the gate, so Jillian made a bee line for that egg.  She's showing it off here.  They had an interesting take on the egg prizes at this hunt.  All the eggs were empty, and then after the hunt, the kids took them inside and matched up the color of the egg to a color themed table. So if they had three pink eggs, they'd go to the pink egg table and pick three prizes.  It kind of made the fun of the "hunt" last a little bit longer.

On Easter morning, the kids woke up to see whether the Easter bunny had visited.  He had, of course, and they dug right into their baskets.  Each got a digital camera and a chocolate bunny, and there was a note from the Easter bunny telling them that their eggs were hidden around the playroom.  (By the way, they're sitting at/on the train table that Rick built for Jake's trains - pretty cool, huh?)

On the hunt....

And now the fun part - opening the eggs to see what's inside!

Aunt Cathy spent the night before Easter, and she and the kids made an Easter bunny cake, which doubled as a birthday cake for Jake.  Since his birthday is in a week, we celebrated his birthday with the family a bit early.  This cake had no eggs, and it didn't taste too bad!

Pretty girl all dressed up for church!

Jake got this super cool marble run for his birthday.  He had a blast setting it up and taking it down, and setting it up again!  He also got a bunch of Captain America stuff, which he loved!