Day 113 (4/23/11) - An Early Easter

Since Mike had a last-minute schedule change and had to work Easter Sunday, we decided to hold our secular celebration a day early.  Thankfully, the Easter Bunny had finished his preparations a little earlier than usual and agreed to visit our house on Friday night while Ryan and Gavin were sleeping.  The Easter Bunny must have stayed up extra late because he filled the boys' baskets, stuffed and hid 58 plastic eggs, and hid 13 hard-boiled eggs.  It must have been raining when he arrived because he left little bunny prints all over the house.  The next morning the boys were able to follow the trail of bunny prints to find their hidden baskets.  He also hung empty felt bunny baskets on the front door knob to let the boys know he had been there.

The next morning, the boys raced downstairs to see what the Easter Bunny had left them and to search for all the hidden eggs.  Ryan was excited to discover Transformers and Magic Treehouse books in his basket.  Gavin was surprised to find Elmo books, an "air go" (*airplane*) toy, and a sidewalk paint set.

Since the boys proved themselves to be expert egg finders, the Easter Bunny appointed them bunnies-in-training and left them bunny masks to commemorate their new roles.  Later, Gavin measures his foot against the bunny prints and realizes he has a lot of work to do before he can follow in the Easter Bunny's footsteps.

After their afternoon naps, we finally let the boys open the Easter presents their grandparents had sent.  The packages had arrived several days prior and the boys begged us incessantly to let them to open the boxes.  As we've found on previous occasions, the boys (especially Gavin) find the boxes as much fun as the gifts inside!  Between the Easter Bunny and the grandparents, we collected enough candy to rot the teeth of everyone living in a small nation!  (And, just in time for the start of bathing suit weather....)

After a long, fun-filled day, we all headed to bed early so we'd be well rested for another day of celebration!