Easter

Last weekend I overheard a conversation between Malia and Mary during which Mary broke the bad news to Malia that she was going to be missing an Easter egg hunt/party that they had been looking forward to.  The girls have been with Mary for more than a week (instead of the usual 2 day turn in their back and forth between mom and dad situation) because of Spring Break so we decided we should have an Easter activity while the girls were with their mom.   

We got together at Mary's house and had a barbecue and Easter treats and games for the kids.  We aren't very creative or original - a lot of our family get-togethers look like this - but the kids don't seem to mind.  They love being together, which warms my heart and makes me feel like I'm doing at least that right as a parent.  I love that they have each other and that they'll have so many memories of being together as a family. I hope they stay close.

To start off the festivities we made bunny ears - which Amalani "taught", since she and I had done it before.  She was very excited about this...

Then we played Pin-the-beak-on-the-baby-chick. Such a simple game but they were all cracking up at each other and themselves and didn't want to stop playing.

While I was keeping the kids distracted with the baby chick game, Mary was hiding eggs that had written clues in them for our scavenger hunt.  The clues led the kids to four different spots where eggs with clues were hidden and finally to their Easter baskets.  They all screamed and giggled every time they found another clue and would run to the next spot screaming and giggling.  The easter baskets were filled with things from my food storage and dollar store randoms.  I wrapped them up with yellow cellophane and ribbon so they looked a lot more exciting than they actually were.  The pretty packaging worked though and the kids were totally stoked.  The biggest hit in the basket - Cup-o-noodles.  And I just put that in there for bulk, ha!  

While the kids picked through their baskets and tried all their cheap toys and ate some treats from our food storage, the boys hid the eggs in the backyard for our egg hunt.  

Thankfully, Mary's backyard is full of random clutter so there were plenty good places for easter eggs.

  

 

 

The first few barbecues of the year always taste so amazing and ours tasted amazing.  Summer food on paper plates, eaten outside on a blanket using your hands - mmm, the best.  After our first round of food we decorated egg, bunny, and flower shaped sugar cookies.

HAPPY EASTER