Yes, I know we just had them last week, we actually dropped them off the previous Sunday morning only to have them heading back in this direction Friday night. The reason was their spring break occurred the first week of April and Easter did not. But Brandi was fine with driving down so we could celebrate together and left shortly after getting off from work. And then headed back to get the Easter stuff that she'd carefully hidden in her closet and forgot. They didn't arrive til almost 11 pm but I had everyone's room ready, we got the girls in bed, then they realized they were here so I herded them back to bed a few times despite protests. I started the vaporizer as they both have allergies and I think they sleep much better anyhow. Brandi went upstairs to her room and that was all she wrote.
The girls were up early the next morning since they had slept in the car, we left Brandi alone as i knew she must've been tired. I started boiling the eggs, tucked everyone in with Poppop and tablets so we could play the Makeup game. They LOVE the Makeup game - you get a girl face and you can do the hair, eye color and apply enough cyber cosmetics to make anyone look like a Deranged Prostitute in no time. When you're done you can take a screen shot and email it to Mommy's messenger which I'm sure delights her to no end. So the eggs cooled - not fast enough of course, but they did it. By that time Brandi was up and it was time to dye the eggs! It is also Close Supervision Time because having two six year olds, 18 eggs and six cups of dye can be a bit harrowing. The kit I bought (Paas of course!) came with paint so while the eggs dried we mixed the cake complete with the Breaking Of The Eggs - they do well with it. It's funny how you don't realize until you see a small child do it how much dexterity it takes to do things like break eggs and pour ingredients. They're very crafty right now and we do tons of arts and crafts, baking,etc - not only do they enjoy it but it's so good for motor skills. I wonder sometimes how many kids end up with physical issues because they simply don't have the everyday practice.
While the cake baked and cooled we went back to the eggs, painted them then on to decorating the bunny cake. This consists of Nana just putting out bowls of candy, sprinkles and then I let them go. This year the bunny had actually eyes and whiskers - and some sort of Pox. Easter morning was spectacular, they're at that great age where they're young enough to still believe but old enough to get excited about it. We got up and hid the eggs to prevent Bee and Dutch from finding them (they are hunting dogs after all!) D is a driven egg hunter, she needed to be reined in a bit, loping around the house with her easter basket in hand. Brandi had also brought plastic eggs with small prizes so they both had a good run. Then we had to get ready for brunch, pulled the table out to giant size, got the extra chairs from the basement and Aunt Kim, Uncle Steve and Meg from Colorado showed up at 10. C and D LOVED Meg like they had known her since college and hauled her all over the house. D announced she would be her dining partner while C positioned her bad self between Brandi and Aunt Kiim. It was so much fun. Brandi and the girls headed out around 11:30 - school and work on Monday, Kim and crew left an hour later to drop Meg off at the airport. It was too fast, sometimes too busy but an awesome weekend!
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