Easter

Easter was particularly fun this year. We did not promote the holiday much -- so we were amazed when Ben strung the familiar lore of the Easter Bunny through the day. We left the kids Easter Baskets in their rooms after they went to sleep, and first thing Easter morning Ben came running in our room excited about the fact that the Easter Bunny had visited and left him great loot! He wanted to show us and wake up Charlotte to see if he had stopped in her room as well. Here are some cute pictures from the unpacking of the Easter baskets that ensued (BTW - don't buy the new colored straw that they have for Easter Baskets. It is very sharp...and if you decide to differ from me on this -- DEFINITELY don't unpack Easter Baskets in your BED....ouch.)

Ben is obsessed with a Nickelodeon television show called Avatar. So, he had been asking for the toy they make that is Aang's (the main character) flying staff. He also was wanting goggles for swimming -- and since we have plans to swim soon we thought it was good timing. Here are some of his pictures:





















This is Aang and his friend Momo, the lemur:















This is the Benster Bunny and his frog dressed up like an Easter Rabbit...maybe an Easter Ribbit...ooo, that might be unforgiveable.












Charlotte did not have anything she particularly wanted or needed -- since she has 8 elephants and about 47 horses. She is really into construction vehicles right now, so we got her a couple Bob the Builder trucks. They were by far her favorite. Since she loves hats so much, I thought MAYBE funny spring headbands might be the way to bridge the love of hats and the disgust with headbands. WRONG! She clearly knows the difference. I hope you can appreciate these photos, as all of them took major negotiations -- including ice cream for breakfast for the next year. (Not really...but she just doesn't know that tool yet!)

































































These are a sequence showing my partner in crime trying to secure the bunny ears to her head for a photo...
























In my opinion, this was one of the great photo finds of the day. Lolly in her swimming goggles...she looks like the lovechild of the creature from the blue lagoon: