Saturday, April 18, 2009

Easter Fun

We had an extremely busy Easter!  We dyed eggs, had another egg hunt and spent most of the day cooking for breakfast and dinner.  Piper had fun with the egg dying, but not too much fun (mean mommy)...I was scared of dye getting on her dress (next year I will remember to keep her in an old shirt).  We then had (yes) another egg hunt, but with real eggs (big mistake!). Piper didn't understand that the eggs would break so when she found an egg she would throw it into her basket and also would beat the eggs together (I have a feeling this is why we use hard boiled eggs).   We had a really nice day and were very glad we had Julie to spend Easter with us!




Daddy showing Piper how to color on the eggs
Family Pic
Stickers
Carefully placing the stickers
Making Daddy a Princess
Princess Piper
"Yes...My Daddy stuck a
 sticker on my forehead"
An egg



Ok Mom...Cheese
ooh candy!

Julie showing Piper how 
to use her alphatruck
A silly video of Arthur playing 
Piper's new guitar
(Piper really wanted to play, but 
Arthur was having too much fun!)

Easter Egg Hunt at Latta Plantation

Our first weekend in NC just happened to be Easter, it was upsetting to not be spending a holiday with family, but we made the best of it.  We had Julie staying with us for the week, which made it feel a bit better.  I wanted to find some fun stuff for us to do and I happened to find an Easter Egg Hunt at Historic Latta Plantation.  This place is huge and there are a ton of things to do.  We had a lot of fun with the egg hunt even though it rained cats and dogs the day before, which made the grass very mushy.  Piper got to see the Easter Bunny, get a tattoo and collect eggs full of candy!  It is definitely a place I would like to take Piper back to explore more.
The Main House
Getting ready for egg hunting

pointing at an inch worm on daddy's arm

scoping out the eggs
I think Arthur is enjoying this more than Piper

We found an egg


"arg I'm a pirate"

Not so thrilled about sitting 
with the Easter Bunny

Will Turns 2!

We had a blast at Will's birthday party.  As usual LG is always so much fun for all the kids, but the birthday party was super fun!  The kids got to play with the parachute and the air track, which Piper loves loves loves!  Piper got to say good-bye to all her LG friends and as did I.  What a great way to spend our last day in MD

Crossing the Balance Beam by herself
Hangin' with Daddy


Hula Hoop Fun with Chase and Will
Always following Will wherever he goes...
Air Track Fun!
Silly Katie enjoying the ride up
Piper and Will bouncin' around
Look at the height these guys get!
Jumpin' with Aunt Angie

Enjoying Cupcake Icing
Happy Birthday to Will!


Easter Egg Hunting Take 1

Before we left MD, Piper and I went out for an Easter egg hunt with her buddies Will, Chase and Katie.  Piper had a lot of fun finding the eggs and opening them to find prizes inside!  Katie and Piper were super cute together and Katie even asked Piper if she would be her friend....of course Piper said yes :o)  Katie was all about helping and hopping in the sack with Piper, which was so darn cute!  I can't believe how big my little girl has gotten.  Time flies by way too fast!
And they're off!
Look an Egg



Egg counting (an 8 egg limit)
All finished..Boo!

"Hi Mr. Easter Bunny"