Easter Festivities



Our Easter Festivities started a week before the actual day.  Saturday, Brent and I ran our garage sale while Nonnie and Pops took the girls to the Eggstravaganza at our church.  Evidently, Abby was not ready for this picture to be taken.

It was a very chilly day!  The hunt was moved indoors due to some rain and we had to dig out our fur vests to stay warm.  Despite the weather, they had fun making banners and playing carnival games.

The girls hunted eggs with Abby's classmate and friend, Nate.



 



Sunday, we went to Palm Sunday service and saw the animals and Jesus walk through the sanctuary.  The girls were very excited to go to "big church" and wave their palm leaves.  I didn't get any clear pictures.  They all came out blurry.  That afternoon we headed to Presley's and Dylan's Egg Hunt.  The Easter Bunny greeted us!  Abby wouldn't get in the picture.

 

Caroline and Dylan stuck together in the petting zoo and the bounce house.

 

 

This year, they had a monkey doing tricks.

The Hunt

 

They were exhausted after the hunt and wanted to sit down. 

 

The week before Easter, they had Easter parties and hunts at school.





 

Parents weren't invited to Caroline's party, but I helped with Abby's.

 

Abby was passing by all the eggs and only stopping to get one here and there.  When I asked her what she was doing, she replied, "I am only getting pink and purple today."

 

After she found her 12 pink and purple eggs, she helped her friends.

 The Easter Bunny made another appearance at this hunt.

 

Snack Time

 

 

The girls couldn't wait to get into their comfy clothes and nightgown at home and dig into their treats.  Caroline definitely has her Daddy's sweet tooth.

I'm glad we had such a great weekend before Easter actually arrived, because Abby literally "came down" with a bug as we were walking into the Easter church service.  I'll spare you the details.  We decided to go to church Saturday evening, due to storms possibly coming on Sunday morning. We were all dressed up in our Easter outfits and got to church early to take some pics when disaster struck.   Needless to say, we didn't get pics or make it to a service.  She did muster up enough energy to hunt eggs for a few minutes on Sunday morning.

 

 The Easter Bunny left eggs all over the house!  That bunny is smart to leave them indoors when rain is forecasted.  Brent and I ended up doing a lot of the hunting.  Abby sat on a chair and pointed out where they were since she truly didn't feel well.

 Caroline kept losing interest and kept plopping down saying, "I just need to eat a sweet."  Then, she would shove three candies into her mouth.  It is a wonder she didn't get sick, too!  I am delighted to report none of us came down with what Abby had!

 

Museum School

In January, Abby started Museum School in Fort Worth.  She goes every Wednesday for two hours.  She has already learned so much and looks forward to it every week.  Next year Caroline gets to go, too! This week, Abby learned about raccoons.  A live raccoon was in the classroom and she was excited to report that it ate cantelope, blueberries, animal crackers and an egg while visiting.

A few weeks were spent studying space and I got to go on a field trip to the planetarium with Abby.  We put on our pretend spacesuits and blasted to the moon.  While we were on the moon, we found a moon rock.  Abby keeps it with her rock collection.  In this picture, she is showing her mini moon she made with clay and sand.

Last week, a live alligator came into the class.  Abby was proud to tell us she touched his leg and tail.  Here, she is pointing to where she hid her alligator's eggs.

 While Abby is in class, Caroline, Nonnie and I go on different outings in Fort Worth and sometimes Nonnie stays home with her for some one on one playtime.

 One week, Nonnie was out of town and Caroline and I had fun in the museum, which is next door to the school.

Although I tried my best to be Caroline's playmate, I am no substitute for her best friend, Abby.  We stayed after class for Abby to play in the museum with her.

 We spend a lot of time in Barnes and Noble!

Mirror, Mirror on the Wall . . .

Our second night in the parks, we ate dinner at Ariel's Grotto and met many of the princesses.  Ariel greeted us upon arrival and the other princesses came to our table throughout dinner.  As you can see by the costumes the girls picked, Ariel is Caroline's favorite princess.





 

 The girls were a little cranky after three exciting days and World War III broke out over a crayon as we sat down at our table.  We managed to play musical chairs and make it through dinner without any casualties.

 This was the view from our table.

 Ready to Meet Belle

 I was impressed with how personable the princesses were.

 Snow White seemed so sweet.



 Mulan and Jasmine

 

 The last day in the park we were at the castle when it opened to meet Cinderella and Sleeping Beauty.

Abby said several times she needed Sleeping Beauty's autograph before heading home.  She is her very favorite princess! I was really relieved when we finally met her.

 At last, we met Cinderella! 

 A hug from this princess completed the trip!  We made some fantastic memories!  The girls ask all the time when we are going back.  Caroline keeps saying, "In three more days, are we going back to Disneyland?"  Thanks to Nonnie and Pops for planning and taking us!