Happy Easter!

Easter morning arrived and the boys followed the trail to their Easter baskets! which turned out to be more like Christmas stockings.. I guess that is what you get when you shop for them months in advance and forget what you bought so you end up with WAY TOO MUCH! And then the Leapster went on sale and we had coupons, and we thought.. what better way to keep Caden occupied on the plane trip to Nevada?! So then of course we had to get Cole something to occupy him, and so the snowball tumbled!

After basket opening we went to 8am church (some think we are crazy to go to the early service, but we are up! and it's shorter, the choir isn't there so we don't have to sing usually!). I will be honest, we haven't been to church since Christmas since we figured going with three kids would be incredibly difficult.. especially since Cole likes to explore. Well.. they proved me wrong! Cora slept just about the entire time, Cole mostly sat and sucked his thumb while looking around. Occasionally taking out the Book of Common Prayer or the Hymnal and saying "read!" Caden was fine, only embarrassing us slightly when the one guy from the choir sang the hymn by blocking his ears and saying it was too loud. Ugh!

After church we had an Easter egg hunt, we wanted to have it outside, but unfortunately it was much too cold and windy for the whole family to go outside... next year I hope! And Caden is now infatuated with egg hunts, I can see this becoming a year round activity, minus the treats inside of course! After the hunt the kids got to play with their basket goodies, since we didn't have a lot of time before leaving for church. Caden is very excited about his Leapster, and the boys decided to listen in while I read Cora her new books! I love that Cole is now finally taking an interest in stories!!

This is what Cora did during the egg hunt!

And then we were off to the Pyndo Family Easter!! Where the only thing Caden and Cole ate were rolls.. and desserts of course! But the food was delicious as always even if we don't eat any of the polish food served! except.. kielbasa and pierogies! Mmm! Cousin Billy was the super cousin of the day and brought the boys a monster soccer ball and goal, so everyone got a bit of outside time as well! The boys had a great time, and were EXHAUSTED by the end of the day!

Cole yelling "birdie birdie!"

Every year we used to take a picture of all the cousins on my Grandmother's front steps... we've been slacking the past few years, so we brought the tradition back. And there are only 3 missing (Dan, Andrea and Taryn). Even Cora made into the picture through the window haha!!!

4 generations of girls!

Cole getting ready to Party!

Cora all dressed up in her Easter get-up!

Our attempt at getting a picture of the three kids... virtually impossible!