Easter Weekend 2009 (April 11 and 12)

Saturday

On the Saturday of Easter weekend, Gram and Papa Gagnon had an Easter egg hunt for the kids at their house.

Hannah's First Easter :))

Hannah found an egg!

Kevin found some eggs, too!

After all the eggs were found, Gram and Papa sent the kids upstairs for an extra surprise--special Easter gifts!

Kevin and Hannah have to put up with our whims . . . they can't protest too much.

Thanks Gram and Papa! Group hug!

After the egg hunt, we stayed for a visit and a tasty lunch. Of course, the kids were too excited to eat much, and were more focused on the sugary treats. Andrea was thrilled with Gram's Marshmallow-Peep-and-jelly-bean-topped cupcakes. Cupcakes, with more candy on top? Andrea's favourite!

Kevin demolishing a Peep--it didn't stand a chance!

As Papa cleaned up after lunch, the girls amused themselves by sticking flower and smiley-face shaped post-its on his behind. I can't believe the things he lets these kids get away with. :))

Kevin discovered the cupboard with the pots and pans. Notice that he was "decorated" by Izzy and Andrea, as well (although he pulled most of them off).

Easter Sunday

The Easter Bunny came! He left a little trail of chocolate eggs from both Andrea and Kevin's beds to their bedroom doors. In fact, Andrea woke us up by running into our bedroom with her hands full of half-melted chocolate eggs, and she was so excited about the eggs in her room that she could barely tell us what she'd found! When Kevin saw the eggs on his bedroom floor, he crawled right over, grabbed one, and popped it into his mouth foil and all! (Don't worry; we got it in time.)

The Easter Bunny also hid chocolate eggs all over the living room. As many of them were at/near floor level, Kevin actually started finding the eggs first. He also spotted the baskets right away. Once Andrea started finding eggs, she was so thrilled with each one she found. Considering there were about forty of them, it was funny how she exclaimed over every single one she found!

Kevin checking out his Easter basket

Andrea sporting her chocolate-scented bunny ears

Kevin: "I'm only wearing these so Mom will give me more chocolate."

Andrea received a special Easter dress from Grama Marty and Grampa Rick. She still loves being a princess, and wanted to put it on as soon as she saw it in the morning. Of course, I made her wait until we went out in the afternoon, so she wouldn't wreck it (mean mommy that I am). Once she got to put it on, I had no problems getting her to pose for me. She knows she's beautiful. ;))

We went to Gram and Papa's for a visit and supper. Kevin had left some of his eggs there from the day before, so he had some treats to enjoy while we were there.


Are there any more?

Gram and Papa have a princess bike that they bought for the girls to play with when they come over. Papa was giving Andrea a ride around the basement.

Kevin wanted a ride, too! Daddy wasn't thrilled with Kevin being on the princess bike, but what can you do? All his cousins there are girls!

Both Andrea and Kevin enjoy colouring. Gram made sure they were playing nicely (and they were!), while the men watched the Masters golf on TV.

Did I mention that Andrea loves to dress up, and to pose?

(I like this one because of the cowgirl hat; it goes well with the dress sent from Montana!)

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Papa always likes to give the kids a bath when they come over in the evening. Of course, it's more like a swim and Gram and Papa's big tub!

Kevin enjoys simple, repetitive activities. He seems to enjoy focusing on/analyzing things. Pulling the strings through these cards kept him entertained for ages.

Andrea, on the other hand, is a social butterfly and must move from activity to activity to be entertained. At the end of the night, I think she was working all the sugar out of her system. She was pretending to be Bouncing Tigger. Gram would push down on Andrea's head just like you would do with the toy, and Andrea would bounce like the toy! (Hey, at least it made her nice and tired for bedtime.)

Overall, Easter was a lot of fun this year. Kevin was able to participate more, and Andrea was really excited and enjoyed all the Easter activities. :))