It's Easter!

A couple days before Easter our house had that distinctive smell ... the smell of hard boiled eggs. This year, we actually dyed the eggs BEFORE Easter (last year we were a day late). We don't eat that many hard boiled eggs, so when we get them done early, I can then use some up, taking deviled eggs to the family party.

The Westra party was up first. Saturday, the day before Easter, we all went out to Mom & Dad's house for the traditional egg hunt. The kids are growing up! The older kids now happily hide the eggs, and the little ones happily hunt for them. Cooper was a little concerned about trying to gather eggs with his broken arm, but you can see (in the picture above) that he did just fine!

I try to put lots of little non-edible treats in the eggs as well as candy.

Toys, and stickers ...

Colton Sticker Face (pictured above)

Easter morning was nice and relaxed (a benefit of later church meetings). No secret sneaking out like last year... the Easter Bunny was pretty conservative this year (some years it's almost like Christmas!).

Silly String ... each boy got a can in their Easter basket. They happily applied the string on Daddy ... could THIS be a new Easter tradition? Cooper did need a little help (dang broken arm!). After church we headed up to Maga's house for a yummy Easter dinner. No egg hunt, but there was candy ... in a piñata! Another new Easter tradition?

After the piñata broke apart,

the kids took the cones and wore them as hats!

We didn't get around to making and decorating any Easter Egg sugar cookies ... that had been in my plans, but oh well, maybe next year!