Mackenna didn't want to put her basket down to climb and play at the park. She didn't want her candy to get away from her.
On Saturday afternoon, our little family of six painted eggs together. We missed the traditional egg painting festivities with my family on Palm Sunday, so we were on our own. You've probably never heard of it, but we use Doc Hinckle's egg dye. Call me a genuine Pennsylvania Dutch girl, but I've never used something like Paas and don't intend to start now. With Doc Hinkle's, you don't dip the eggs; you actually paint them with a cotton swab. That way you make your eggs look like anything you'd like--polka dotted, striped, flowered, whatever! It's very fun and creative. I had to stop myself from boiling a few eggs one afternoon this week and having a solo painting session while the little girls were napping. It's quite relaxing!
Sunday morning, the kids made quick work of finding the eggs and raiding their baskets before eating a quick chocolate-filled breakfast and then getting ready for church.
I must say that my children looked utterly adorable in their Easter finery. I get such a rush seeing my kids looking so coordinated and coiffed. Just look how handsome my Mason is in his very first suit! He loved it and was hilarious when we were shopping for it. You should have seen him dancing in the dressing room!
Anyway, after church we drove into Baltimore to grab Michael's dad and take him with us up to my parents' house. The kids thought it was a great, fun idea to take one grandpa to another grandpa's house! We enjoyed a fabulous Easter feast with Michael's dad, my parents, my grandma, my sister Amy and her family, my brother Adam and his family, my sister Amber and two of her most fun and crazy friends and another family of close friends. I think there were about thirty people. After lunch, the kids had a big egg/treasure hunt in the backyard.
The day after Easter was the White House Egg Roll. This is something we have attended for years and everyone really loves it. This year we got to see the Jonas Brothers again. Marlee was thrilled and claims that she is going to marry all of them. Maia and Mason were also excited to see this act. The great thing about the Egg Roll is that you get to be pretty close to the stage to see the performances and it's free!
Here's the thing about these Jonas Brothers: you can't take them seriously. Michael and I almost burst out laughing when they starting singing one of their songs. It was so breathy and ...I don't know, just teeny-bopper-y, you know? Which is fine. I was bouncing Teensy up and down and having fun anyway. Then, two nights later I saw them on Dancing with the Stars where they did a cover of "Take On Me" by A-Ha. It was awful and just wrong. Please, Jonas Brothers, please don't take yourselves seriously and please, for the love, do not cover/ruin any songs I remember fondly from my youth. Thank you very much. It feels good to get that off my chest.
Back to the Egg Roll...we saw Barbara Bush, got faces painted, played with yo-yo's and saw countless friends and family all over the lawn. The weather was the most beautiful it has ever been for Easter Monday since we've lived here. First of all, it wasn't raining like it almost always does and after a little while, we didn't even need coats! It was great (temper tantrums from a certain two year-old aside).
7 comments:
Your eggs are beautiful and so are your children in their matching outfits. They looked so nice all dressed up. I also love getting my kids all co ordinated SO CUTE!!!
I can't believe I got a blog mention! What an honor...! I had so much fun with you on Easter.
You have an adorable family!
xo
I'm so glad you finally "got around" to posting this, Mendy...It was worth the wait. I love the painted eggs and I'm happy for you that your kids like to dress up and match and have their hair done. I keep hoping maybe on Sara's wedding day she'll let me help her get dolled up. They are beautiful and I enjoy living vicariously through you!
I won't say it's about time you poseted, but it's about time you posted your Easter stuff. Love it! I missed seeing the Jonas Bros. singing A-ha. Oh, I would've cringed. As always, the dresses and suit are gorgeous!
What a weekend! Great times. I wish we could have seen you all at the egg roll. OH, and I see the legendary egg there in that picture...
Easter was so much fun. I'm sad that we didn't get to do the traditional egg painting as a family - it's almost better than Easter day itself!
It is painful to see evidence that the egg roll goes on without me :(
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