Easter!

This year's Easter was a bit chaotic (although Ava wouldn't have known it) since we had just moved the day before into our new home, but it was sure something special to wake up our first morning in our new home and see that the Easter bunny had visited! Despite the spacey look, Ava was THRILLED! So thrilled, in fact, that she slept all night in her own room, in her own bed, in her new house.

The Easter bunny was kind, as usual, and left a basket filled with a jump rope, a recorder (flute), a paint-your-own-tea-set, and some gummy bears and jelly beans. Ava enjoyed having jelly beans for the first time.

We did our annual egg hunt in another location this year. The weekend prior to Easter, we hunted eggs at Gigi and Poppy's church. It was a brisk, early morning (hence the hat that Aves insisted on wearing), but rewarding no doubt. When Ava discovered the eggs had something special inside (gasp!), she was on a roll! She LOVED the Easter bunny this year. This was actually her second time seeing him/her/it this year. The first time, we were at the mall and she raced over, on her own terms, and sat and chatted with the bunny.

Daddy and Ava were strategizing on how to get the best and most eggs. Mommy and Daddy are both SKILLED Easter egg hunters, so we have a lot of inside tips to offer.

Daddy's tip: run to the far edge, away from the crowd of kids to collect the outside eggs first, while the others are fighting for the inside eggs.

WAIT! COME BACK!

Actually, she understood and was successful! I did think she was going to go past the roped area, though, which made me laugh.

Disclaimer: We aren't really that serious about "the hunt", just one of our favorite pasttimes as children (and adults) :)

Busy bee, collecting those egss.

So proud of her loot and her new fuzzy bunny, Abby.

Ready to eat the special treats.