What's a holiday without one of Jessica's foam sticker craft projects for the kids! It added a little holiday decor to my fridge! They are the perfect craft project for Ethan though due to how quickly they can be completed.
Easter Bunny & Train Ride
The week of spring break was a ton of fun! Ethan didn't have preschool so we planned something fun just about everyday.
Jessica and I usually walk at the mall one day a week while the kids are at preschool, so we had been watching the set up of the Easter Bunny house and train. More specifically, Tanner & Ian had been checking out the train dying to have a ride. So one day during the break, we headed over to the mall for a ride on the Easter Train. My boys loved it, especially Tanner who is currently in the "choo choo" phase of life. I got to be the lucky one to ride with the kiddos since Jessica is the official photographer and I think she was a little concerned with getting motion sickness on this speedy little thing.
I wasn't quite sure about the Easter bunny with its crazy smile, but the boys both loved him and gave him high fives. The set up of the "Easter Bunny House" was a little funny, complete with eggs of course but also random knick knacks and the part I was most questionable about...a time out bench?!? So if you didn't sit nicely on the bunny's lap do you have to sit on the bench? Who knows???
Coloring Easter Eggs
The day before Easter came up quicker than I realized and we had a pretty busy day planned. Lucky for me, we were heading out to the Wolf's house for dinner (most AMAZING grilled garlic bread ever! Way to go Rudy!) that night and she hadn't colored eggs with her kids either. It might have something to do with us both being 9 months pregnant. So we brought our eggs along with us and had a coloring party that night. The boys were all playing SO well together that we almost forgot to do it that night, but luckily the kids remembered before we left. Needless to say, it was a late evening, but so fun!
The Hunt
Easter was on Sunday this year and it was so nice to be able to take the boys to church and remember the true reason for the Easter season. Ethan just loves primary and especially singing time. I'm amazed at how quickly he learns the songs and often talks to me about the meaning of them as well. This year they are focusing on reading scriptures in Primary and it's helped us a lot as a family to make scripture reading a priority and a habit. Each night he gets to color in a box on his bookmark then turn it in for a prize. He's already filled two bookmarks and just loves it! Even more importantly we've read through almost 2 books in the Book of Mormon and Ethan has the first 4 of the Articles of Faith memorized. I'm grateful for primary teachers and leaders who make it so much fun for him.
After church and naps, the boys were ready to hunt for eggs and lucky for the Easter Bunny, Dad had let the grass grow nice and long so the eggs were more easily hidden. Good thinking Chris! Ethan loved the game of hunting for the eggs. Tanner wasn't too sure what to do at first, but once he realized there was candy inside the eggs he was off and running! And don't you worry, Chris made sure to taste test all the candy before the boys ate it. Thanks Dad!
