Easter Party

Today we had our playgroup Easter party. Cathy hosted and it was so much fun! We dyed Easter eggs, had an Easter egg hunt, and Easter dinner: ham, mac and cheese, sweet potatoes, and lots of other yummy foods. There were about 13 kids there so it was wild and loud but so much fun! We have such great kids in our playgroup and they all play together really well!

Emmie was dying to wear her bunny ears. Of course she ditched them as soon as we got to the party but she was thrilled to wear them for a few minutes. Ellie just went along for the ride!

When I was taking pictures of the girls Franklin kept whining...apparently he wanted his picture taken too! Clearly he wanted to show off his new haircut. (Funny story: I picked him up from the groomer and she told me she could tell I had girls...apparently she found a sparkly heart sticker in his tail! After realizing I thought it was funny, Emmie told me that she might have put it there "a time or two ago".)

It was quite chilly outside so Cathy was very brave and let the kids dye their eggs inside!

Mikey getting ready to dye eggs

Cheese! She's such a little ham.

Emmie and Lucy were very serious about their eggs. I'm pretty sure they spent the most time working on their eggs. Emmie, of course, was the last one to finish. She loves arts and crafts!

Ellie was peeking out while Cathy and Christina were hiding eggs. The kids were all so excited to go hunt!

I love Emmie's expression!

Love these sweet girls!

Emmie was all about the egg hunting. She has to practice for the egg hunt on Sunday with the cousins! By the way, I love the girls' baskets. They had really small ones and JoAnns had them on sale so we went today and I let them pick their color. Emmie picked purple and Ellie picked a pretty light blue.

It took Ellie a few minutes but then she figured out what she was supposed to do. Once she figured it out she had a ball collecting her eggs! For being the youngest of the egg hunters she did really well. There were over 200 eggs so there were plenty of eggs to go around! The girls had lots of fun opening their eggs when we got home. There were lots of stickers, some candy, necklaces, bracelets, tattos, other fun toys, and even some coins! (And they got cute little piggy banks to paint in their goody bags!)

After hunting the eggs the kiddos (and the moms!) were ready to chow down!

After eating, all the kids were playing and I couldn't find Emmie so I went upstairs and she was in Lucy's room with Mason quietly playing. They were so cute!