Happy Easter!!!

We celebrated Easter all week long. With Scott in Brazil all week, and Avery being off school or Spring Break, we participated in as many activities as we could. On Monday, we went to an Easter Egg hung at our new friend Leah's house. Wednesday, we went to see all the new baby animals at Frying Pan Farm (I'll post cute pics later). On Friday, we went to the Ward's playgroup and did some Easter crafts and did some springtime dancing. On Saturday, we went to our Ward's Primary party and Easter Egg hunt. Later in the day, we dyed our eggs. The Easter Bunny left some goodies for us this morning, and we went to our friends' the Christensens for Easter dinner. Scott sang with the choir in church, and Avery sang with the Primary children. She sang "Tell Me the Stories of Jesus" and "Did Jesus Really Live Again." She knew every word, and I could hear her from my seat!

Avery goes to a Baptist preschool. I love that they talk a lot about Jesus and Heavenly Father there. She made "Resurrection Eggs" at school, which are plastic eggs filled with little objects to tell the story of Jesus' last days, death and resurrection. She can tell the whole thing by herself, and loves to share her Resurrection Eggs with everyone! It's fun having a child old enough to understand the real meaning behind Easter. She loves Jesus, and loves to talk about Him!



Donovan's favorite thing about Easter -- the CANDY (CAN-EEEEE!!!!!)

He just couldn't get enough, and had a screaming fit when we tried to take it from him. He's trying to make sure that we KNOW that he's two! I think some of our candy may get "lost."



Avery's favorite thing -- new Easter clothes. It says "Cinderella" on the tag of her dress. (Must be the brand name??) Anyway, she was convinced that means that the REAL Cinderella must have the exact same dress, and told everyone that she saw. This is Donovan's first suit. I thought he looked very handsome, but he hated it at first, especially the jacket, until I told him that he looked just like Daddy. Then, he let me put it on him, and walked around pointing to it and saying "Da-da coat." In his nursery class at church, his teacher told me that they passed out cookies in the shape of bunnies and chicks. The told the kids to sit down because they were going to eat bunnies, and Donovan got really upset. Apparently, he thought they were going to eat real bunnies! He was very relieved to see they were bunny cookies!



I have no idea where she learned THIS, but she loves to pose for any picture. I'll take out the camera, and she doesn't just smile like a normal child, she strikes a supermodel pose everytime. But today was the first time I saw this particular pose.


Both kids loved dyeing Easter eggs.