Egging Them On

We couldn't let Easter go by without an egg hunt! Kristen, Christine and I coordinated a hunt for the kids. Unfortunately the weather wasn't cooperating, and we had to have it indoors, and then Dominic wasn't feeling great, so he had to head home early. :( 

But, we made it work! I don't think the kids even noticed the eggs were hidden one on top of the other in Auntie Millie's breezeway. It made for a quick and crazy egg hunt--but since the kids are still trying to eat all the candy we got, no one is complaining.

a tisket, a tasket, purple and pirate baskets.

The easter bunny may have gone a little overboard this year. Especially after the bunny heard Zachary say, "I didn't even know the easter bunny brought presents!" I think the bunny had found a few things on the clearance rack, and needed just a few more things. Then she got a little excited, and found cute "baskets" and the perfect things to fill them. Totally worth it to see how excited the kids were when they caught sight of the baskets, and started exploring the goodies. Zachary's favorite item was the orange water bottle, and Elara loved her Barbie. 

Surprise!

Plenty of diversion and whispers and secret planning went into getting Grandma Ann to the night of her birthday party without her knowing anything was up. Auntie Christine worked hard planning the party, Big Daddy Paul was in charge of music, and among other things, Linwood made sure Grandma Ann was wearing her party clothes. She thought she was going out to celebrate Linwood's birthday! 

Even Zachary was in on the surprise--well, he was in on it at the last minute. We knew he wouldn't be able to stay quiet for long! He came with to pick up the flowers, but he told Grandma Ann we were only going to get burritos. He even fibbed and told her how much he loooves burritos. Good thing she didn't ask what he got on his burrito, because when we were coaching him on the super secret, he told us he looooved his cucumber burrito, and he loved it as much as garbage is smelly. I think he was a much bigger fan of the surprise party than the burritos his daddy and I enjoy!  Elara was happy to put on her party dress, and dance with her cousins. We even let them stay up until 10 to dance and party it up. 

Happy Happy Birthday Grandma Ann. We are so happy to be able to celebrate with you and the family! Should we plan on another one in 10 or 15 years? :)))

deception...for good!

It isn't very often that you get to throw a birthday party to throw someone off about a surprise birthday party you are having for them the next day. We had cake, ice cream, and presents at Grandma Ann's "pretend birthday party," as Zachary called it. Her real party wasn't until the next day, and thanks to our little deception, she had even less idea the surprise was coming up! Happy Pretend Birthday Party Grandma Ann! Hope you enjoyed all the "help" opening your presents!