Happy Easter 2012!!!
We had Easter at home this year, like we have the past 3 years. This year it was just the 3 of us in the morning and then we had some neighborhood friends over for our 3rd annual Easter Egg Hunt and Pot Luck dinner.
Saturday night we dyed easter eggs. This year the Paas kit came with 9 colors! Thanks to our fiestaware we had a coffee cup to match each color!
Ally was so excited to eat an egg - we had to crack one before it was even dyed. She is cradling a hard boiled egg white in her hand. She ate 2 egg whites while we colored the other 22 eggs.
So excited!
This year Ally drew some pictures on the eggs. Here is a butterfly.
A smiling face on the one above
EASTER MORNING!!!
Ally was thrilled to get a glue stick in her basket.
Lion King 2 was also in there along with a yoyo, some peeps, a small chocolate bunny and new markers.
Kitty and Baby got presents as well. Kitty got a new book; Lady and the Tramp and Baby got a play sewing kit!
After opening her Easter basket it was time to hunt for eggs. Ally was so excited to get a peep bunny in one of her eggs she asked if she could eat it right away. Of course we said yes!
Becky made bunny pancakes for breakfast. They were yummy.After breakfast Ally and I went for a walk. Later we took a nap and then Ally watched her new movie Lion King 2 while Becky and I finished the party preparations.
we had cupcakes with peeps on them and several "bouquets" of cookie pops
I used jelly beans as filler to hold the cookie pops upright 
Ally posing with her Easter basket and new Easter dress that mama made her.Yes Becky made the dress! It is adorable. It was a chilly Easter day here, only about 50 degrees so Ally wore a long sleeve shirt and leggings under the dress.
My beautiful girl .Yes more cookie pop displays!
Once everyone arrive Thora's dad Sean and I hid the eggs.We had 76 plastic eggs and 19 hard boiled ones.
There were eggs every where!
When I went inside to get the kids for the egg hunt this is where I found Ally. The big kids were playing hide and seek.
The obligatory group picture:
Then the hunt began in earnest
Ally paused for a picture with her full basket
At one point all 4 big kids were searching for one egg it was the last one. Can you see Ally wedges underneath Thora and Liem.
One tradition we have is to write each kid's name on an egg. Then they trade to make sure everyone gets their egg. Here is Liem with his.
Ally is holding up her Ally egg
It was so chilly we all went inside to open the eggs
Then it was dinner time. Most of the kids sat together at the kids table.
After they ate dinner it was time for dessert! Here they are with their cookie pops!
It was a great day. Lots of fun together and with friends.
There were eggs every where!
When I went inside to get the kids for the egg hunt this is where I found Ally. The big kids were playing hide and seek.That is River's little sister Lila playing with Ally's toy dinosaur.
The obligatory group picture:Top row left to right is Kai, Auric and Ally.
Middle row on the right hugging is Lila and her brother River
Bottom row is Liem and Thora
Then the hunt began in earnest
Ally paused for a picture with her full basket
At one point all 4 big kids were searching for one egg it was the last one. Can you see Ally wedges underneath Thora and Liem.
One tradition we have is to write each kid's name on an egg. Then they trade to make sure everyone gets their egg. Here is Liem with his.
Ally is holding up her Ally egg
It was so chilly we all went inside to open the eggs
Then it was dinner time. Most of the kids sat together at the kids table. 
After they ate dinner it was time for dessert! Here they are with their cookie pops!
It was a great day. Lots of fun together and with friends.
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