Happy Easter!

We had a fantastic Easter. First, the kids got a box of goodies this week from Gaga and Papa O’Brien for Easter. Lots of books, a dollar bill for each of them, and a DVD. The kids were so excited! And Easter itself was great too. The sun was actually out and the kids didn’t need a winter parka. That hasn’t happened on an Easter since before we had kids. The kids woke up to see full Easter baskets with lots of goodies and were so excited. Their favorite new gift was a kite – Lauren got an Elmo one and Alex got a Winnie the Pooh one. They are so excited to go and fly a kite with us. Then the Easter Bunny had hidden eggs around our house so the kids had a blast trying to find those and seeing what treasures were hidden inside. How long before $1 bills are not super exciting to kids?  Thank you GG (my grandma, Betty) who so kindly sent us the eggs that my grandma and grandpa used to hide for all of us grandkids – I have so many fond memories of our Easter day egg hunts – and am very excited to start the tradition for my own kids! This morning Alex exclaimed, “This is a great day.” I was thinking “yes it is for many reasons.” And then he said, “Next it is Christmas!” Too funny. After church, we spent the day up at Drew’s parents, which was a very nice day for the kids and the adults. Thanks Nana and Grandpa for helping to make the kids’ Easter special – they loved their Easter goodies. And Drew’s birthday is on Tuesday so we celebrated with his family today and the kids loved helping Dad blow out his candles on his cake. And they loved helping him eat it too of course! Hope everyone had a great Easter as well!