Easter 2016

How fun are these holidays with little ones? I mean experiencing all the traditions with them is just the best!

Easter morning Emma woke with such excitement! The Easter Bunny had hid the eggs and she was going to find them! She had such a blast finding those brightly colored plastic eggs and then meticulously opening each one. Some had stickers, some had jelly beans and some had CHANGE! Oh then on a breakfast of jelly beans she put each coin in her piggy bank and proceeded to shake it to hear the sound. We took the coins out of the bank several times just so she could put them back in. SO CUTE!

The Easter Bunny brought her a new outfit, a Minnie Mouse shaped plate with a new cup and a Playdoh set! Such fun! After the sugar high wore off we got ready to head to my aunt's home in Hermosa Beach. You may remember from the Easter bumpdate  with Emma.

My cousin, Emma's godmommy, pulled out her old kitchen set and Emma was in heaven playing with the plastic foods and all the tools that she had. We made the trek down to the beach to dip our toes in the water and Emma was NOT HAVING IT. She cried when we put her on the sand, when we tried to get her feet in the water, when mommy went into the water, when daddy went into the water. Poor thing was not interested in the beach one iota. We snapped a couple of photo's and then made our way back to the house.

Once back in the safe zone, Emma played and danced and snuggled with family while we ate some yummy food....I did not partake in the ham, but my cousin smoked an awesome side of beef and that went down so nicely!

On our way back up the hill we made sure to stop at the hospital where Emma came into the world and visit D's grandfather who had to have back surgery. On our way in we ran into his mom and grandma and made plans to get a bite to eat before we head out. We went up and spent a couple of minutes up there, we left because he was eating dinner, then went and had an Easter dinner of the Habit with Darin's mom, grandmother, sister and brother-in-law. It was a nice evening and we managed to get home in time to put Emma to bed. Poor thing was so wiped.

I hope your Easter was as wonderful as ours!

Our Easter Sunday

Happy Tuesday everyone! I am late to the update about Easter bandwagon, but let's get real...I still haven't posted about Christmas. I'll get to it!!!

So here's the down low. I'm not big on the Easter bunny so I had no intention of taking Emma to see the Easter bunny.....then I thought to myself "Self, are you going to regret it if you don't take her to the Easter bunny on her first Easter?" So the hubby and I loaded her up and stood in the 45 minute line to see the Easter bunny. Friends.....why do we torture our poor children this way? Not a single child, mine included, wanted to sit with this creature. They all cried or screamed and made a hullabaloo all so we can spend $22 for two 4x6 photos. Never again! But hey.....we have the photo!

Next up on our agenda was dying eggs. In the 13 years the hubby and I have been together we have never dyed eggs. I know we are lame. So I bought a tie dye kit and with full intention to let Emma solid dye some of them. While intentions are always good, they don't always work out. She was NOT having it Saturday night so daddy held her and she watched as I squirted dye and each of us soaked out eggs until they were the desired color. Ya'll I have never dyed eggs with vinegar only and was thoroughly impress with the color payoff! Definitely going to do it that way from now on!

Easter morning Emma got her basket.....lots of snacks and some bubbles. I am SO creative! ;-) Then she napped and we went to the Easter service at our church. Afterward we went to my grandmothers house and had our Easter meal and then everyone played with Emma until she was so exhausted that she crashed the second we put her in the carseat. She got lots of fun things from her grandmothers and godmother but I got a great bench pillow from my mom! I am so excited and requested all the seasons already!

Of course I had to do a styled shoot for the holiday so I took her out to the park area behind our apartment and let her play with some plastic eggs. She was more interested in pulling on the grass and stuffing those eggs in her mouth to care about smiling for a photo.....priorities. So it wasn't until daddy whipped out the cell phone and put on music that she even cared to look up....then it was way up. But hey, we got that super cute photo above!

Happy Easter Friends!