Resurrection Sunday!

Last Sunday the cuties awoke to this:

Cutie Face came up with a few ideas

1) He flew away to California (?!)

2) He went up to Heaven with God (getting closer)

3) He came back to life...ding ding ding ding ding!

Then we went to early service

(we only go to two services on Easter so an early option was a treat!)

complete with baptism and beautiful hymns

we made a beeline for Mimi and Poppy's house

there was brunch to be had!

and Uncle Joel kindly shared his birthday with us

(and, of course, with Jesus' resurrection 

which allowed for all to be reborn, right?)

the cutie's favorite part of the day was about to start

egg hunting!

we had about 120 eggs for four kids

to shove into their fashion shopping bags

(disclaimer: i left our cute PBK bags at home. oops)

so here's cutie cakes looking like a 6-year old

oh my head

she still opted for eat-the-candy-as-you-go route

especially if some found itself on the ground...

Sweet Cousin M was hilarious. 

(Sorry twin, but this was such a funny picture of M I couldn't resist)

and oh so sweet Cutie Pie

with her dapper daddy

we of course had to have the obligatory cousin

photo shoot

we love our cousins

and they love each other!

and our big cuties love each other, too!

even though looks can be deceiving!

we had an Easter basket unveiling

before we headed to Aunt Meredith's house

for a delicious and joyous

Easter dinner feast

the kids table was full of

coloring, sharing

and thanks

it was a wonderful celebration of our Savior's resurrection!

Dyeing to Color

...color-dye eggs, that is!

the cousins and the cuties trekked up

to the beautiful farm country of Alpharetta

for an Easter egg dyeing session and picnic

The kids were allowed to hunt for

FIVE eggs

to turn in for two prizes

the older girls definitely got the number

FIVE

done pat and had no issue finding just five

Cutie Cakes, though...

let's just say she tried to redeem herself from last Saturday

while the other girls finished hunting

Cutie Cakes stuffed her basket

we had a hard time convincing her that she needed to pare it down!

Thankfully, the eggs were empty so they weren't

that alluring

before it was time to dye the eggs,

we explored the farm and nursery

it was really fun to watch the girls discover everything.

we tried to do an older-cousin photo-op but it didn't last long:

thankfully, by then, it was time to head back down to dye the eggs

the girls all found and claimed their spaces

 

and could not wait to get their four eggs into the dye

the girls were SO patient as we waited to get instructions

poor B-man...not feeling well and not too keen to wait

finally the girls could dunk and drop

their eggs into the cups

they had so much fun watching the color seep in

and figuring out which color combos they wanted, etc

the twin and i were definitely impressed by the older kids

who made "sunset eggs"--red then orange then yellow stripes

and other elaborate dyeing patterns

but, truthfully, we were pleased with our girls' efforts, too!

Hunting for eggs

last week i ran past

a church

advertising a community-wide Easter egg hunt

SOooo

when the girls weren't sleeping on Saturday

we decided we needed to 

head to the hunt!

there is something so thrilling yet simple

to them

when they're allowed to paint

something on their body!

(they both chose Easter eggs on their left cheeks)

then we decided it was high time for a snack

(carbo-loading for the race for eggs?)

turns out the snack was the perfect

energizing food for

jumpy castles

though Cutie Cakes decided she'd rather sit out the fun

and finish her popcorn

(who can blame her?!)

at least her sister jumped and slid enough for both of them!

 

right before the egg hunt, 

we snuck in some fun bubble blowing

while i tried not to think that dozens of kids

had their sweet little mouths all over the bubble pipes and wands

before my cuties got their mouths all over it...

 

After a prayer of blessing and thanks, 

the girls were divided into age groups

and off we went to our designated locations

it was SO interesting to watch how the girls took off

in their own way

Cutie Cakes grabbed a few eggs

and then discovered

THERE WAS CANDY INSIDE

that sidelined her for the rest of the hunt

while Cutie Face decided it was far better

to grab as many eggs as she could see

and then examine her loot with her sister

Cutie Face often blows me away with her generosity

and she voluntarily shared candy with Cutie Cakes

without any prompting!

i had so much fun hanging with these girls 

and can't wait to see them in action again next week!