Easter Weekend

We went home to Madison for Easter weekend. It was a quick trip but filled with fun! We ended up staying at my parents for Easter since we will be with Matt's family next weekend and the again in a few weeks for some wedding showers, birthday celebrations and opening weekend at Stormy Lake.

Sadie reading her "Sheep" book that my parents got in New Zealand for the kids

It was just the girls coloring easter eggs while the boys were golfing all day Saturday.

Nothing beats the anticipation of pulling the eggs out to see what they look like

Nothing new here....Blake attempting to take down Sadie's window decorations (notice how high she has learned to place things to ensure they are out of his reach)

Our entertainment for much of the weekend.......

Yes, that chubby little mouse was spotted right outside the window of my parent's family room eating my mom's bulbs. And my mom was not only upset by the mouse but also bothered by its apparent habit of eating her bulbs as evidenced by his size!

My dad put a mouse trap out by the bulbs and the kids kept checking the window to see if the trap had caught the mouse.

They even woke up Sunday morning wanting to see if the trap had caught the mouse and forgetting about easter baskets! Actually, Wyatt was interested in seeing the mouse get caught while Sadie was hoping to see an empty trap.

The kids had a tough time finding their baskets. Wyatt especially struggled and began getting quite frustrated, which just reminded my mom and I of how upset I used to get even into high school when we would have to leave for church and I still couldn't find mine (I am sure my sisters remember the frustration quite well!)

Blake did get a basket, but I didn't take a picture of it. It had some goldfish crackers and a PEZ dispenser in it. But Wyatt was especially excited about getting his very own Bible with 'real verses'. Up until now he has been using various 'Kids Bibles' that had stories from the Bible in them but weren't broken up into chapters and verses. But after going through his 1st year of Sparks in AWANA this year and learning all the books of the New Testament, he loves being able to look up passages in his own Bible!

I attempted a few pictures before church but Sadie was the only willing participant....and this is the pose I get every time I ask her for a pictures lately...

(Can you tell somebody likes dance class?)

Blake's Easter outfit was a bit of a conglomeration, but I refused to buy clothes just for one day! And it worked just fine....and I'm glad I didn't buy him anything new (keep reading!)

He loves pointing to pictures and saying who it is or the sound it makes (in the case of animals!)

We did an Easter egg hunt after church and the weather could not have been more perfect!

Blake walked several hundred steps, collected about 3 eggs on his own, got several from Wyatt and Sadie and spent a considerable amount of time eating candy on the steps....

...leaving a trail....

..both on the steps and on his coat, which is why I am so glad I didn't buy him anything new for the day! But he was enjoying himself, no doubt about it!

More of Blake's doings....we were all in other rooms at the time and heard this sound of 'jelly beans rolling all across the floor' and came in to find this! Sadie was not happy that Blake had gotten in to her basket, but we quickly picked it all up and assured her that Blake hadn't eaten it all!

We had a great time in Madison and were so thankful for some great weather. We were exhausted when we got home on Sunday and have had temperatures in the 40s all week, so we are really looking forward to spring! Hopefully it will be coming soon!