Easter

We had a fun Easter this year. On Saturday I went shopping to find the girls some Easter dresses, and Ethan a new tie. After spending the whole day...yes, I left around 11:00 and was gone until 6:00...I came home and we dyed our eggs.

Annie

Ethan

Shloka, Girija, Ellie and Annie

Maddie

Alan, Megha, Girija, Ethan, Shloka, Ellie, Annie

The girls had friends over and they thought that it was so fun. The girls had never done this before because 1 they were either Hindu and don't celebrate Easter or 2 they are from India where they just think that it's weird. Anyway, we went through almost 3 dozen eggs by the time they all had done what they wanted to do. Vijay was excited everytime one of the eggs fell and cracked because that meant he got to eat it. I'm pretty sure he ate around 6 boiled eggs on Saturday and I know he had 2 or 3 more on Sunday.

Sunday morning the kids woke up around 5:30 and wanted to search for eggs. We told them, just like Christmas, to go back to bed. The came in around 5:45 and asked if they could at least search for the baskets. I figured that they had already been looking so it made me laugh that they were asking permission.

The first basket found was Ethan's who was hidden on the dryer. Ellie found hers next and was just glad she didn't have to wait until after church to find it like last year. Hers was hidden in the BBQ grill outside. Annie found hers next while we were getting ready for church. Her's was hidden under the sink with all the hair combing supplies. I'm pretty sure she had no clue that she was looking for a basket because I told her to go and get the brush and elastics so I could comb her hair. She moved the basket to get to the hair supplies. I had to go and show her the basket and that it was hers. Maddie was the one in tears this year. She was prepared though. This year she had made the commitment with Alan not to have candy or soda. Easter was her day off, and she was so excited to get to have candy. A few days before Easter she and Ellie had Vijay take them to the store to buy a gift for one of Ellie's friends who was moving. While at the store, Maddie took her own money and stocked up on candy to eat of Easter. When she couldn't find her basket she cried and then remembered the candy she had bought and went to her room to get her own feast. Finally with about 20 minutes left before church she discovered it outside on my patio wall.

After Church we got together with the Christensen and MacDonald families. It was fun to have an easter egg hunt and a yummy dinner. Thanks Mom and Dad for bringing us a ham when you came to visit.