Happy Easter!

Hope you had a joyful Easter weekend!  I always loved Easter growing up...a new dress for Sunday school, new white shoes, egg hunt (my great-grandpa always put money inside the plastic eggs), the smell of vinegar and hard-boiled eggs...   I still look forward to this holiday every year.  Some day, we will celebrate it the traditional way again.  For now, it went like this:

On Saturday, Sean took the boys to our neighborhood Egg Hunt.  Since the boys came out of that event with only ONE egg total, Sean staged a private egg hunt in our front yard!  

the neighborhood egg hunt

 At least they got to meet the Easter Bunny!

 The Beilman Egg Hunt experience was a success!

On Sunday morning, the boys discovered their goodies from the Easter Bunny!  And yes, they were up before 6AM, so I got to see them enjoy their Easter surprises before I left for work that morning...it made my day.

 

That Bunny is so smart...he KNEW the boys needed new Crocs!  How cool is that?!

Who doesn't love a good game of Chutes and Ladders?

The new Cootie game was a hit...and so were the chocolate eggs, by the looks of it!

Unfortunately, Easter always falls on the weekend, so that meant I was working instead of egg-hunting and rejoicing. (Apparently, babies are born even on holidays.)  Anyway, sorry for the mini pity-party...I digress.  I did get to leave work an hour early on Sunday!  (An hour earlier means I am home in time to see my boys before they go to bed.)  We celebrated by having a burrito picnic outside on the front porch.  What a nice treat!  It was a beautiful day and we made the most of it!  I hope you and your loved ones were able to do the same.  Happy Easter!