Just a little fun at the expense of a bunny Peep. The chick got a little hungry and roasted the bunny. The fire of course was a little too dangerous so it got whisked away quickly while the chick ate the bunny's ear. I think it bit off more than it could chew.
The egg that Lance decorated to look like him got scalped. I know, typically when someone is scalped it is just the top part of the head but someone got really overzealous and got the nose and eyes too.
Ryan woke up first and we kept him in bed with us for about a 1/2 hour before he got too restless. He was as happy as can be. He is almost always happy these days. LOVE IT!!! We went to wake up Leah after we took this picture.
Leah came out of her room ok, she saw some eggs in the hallway so she was excited. Then we showed her the Easter basket and she immediately started crying because she didn't have any eggs in her basket. We told her that the EB had hidden all the eggs but it still took her a minute, and part of a Cadbury egg to calm down. Then she got mad when we told her it was time to go hunt the eggs. Can't win. Notice the scowl even after the egg hunt when she had a full basket of eggs.
We found a really great monster egg kit and they really wanted to get right into decorating. Somehow the mouth and eye stickers were missing. I suspect a little boy who loved to get into things used them for something other than decorating eggs. We might find them next year, who knows. Luckily we had some googly eyes that Nana sent us and know how to use markers. The glue that came with the kit was really crummy so I brilliantly went back into the craft bucket and came out with the handy dandy glue gun. It worked wonderfully.
Unfortunately the egg coloring process takes a long time (in kid minutes). The first ones coming out of the dye were fun but Leah got bored quickly.
Ryan decided it was more fun to color so after putting an empty bowl on his face, he kept himself busy drawing Baba, Nana and Great Grandpa (Ba Ba Ba). I neglected to take pictures of said drawing.
Daddy wrote some secret messages on the eggs. Daddy "heart" Mommy, Daddy "heart" Leah and Daddy "heart" Ryan. Ryan dropped Leah's so it is difficult to make out what it says. It is cool what the color does around the cracks even after it has dried.
Leah colored a great yellow egg, then decided she wanted to mark on it with an orange marker. She didn't want to stop until she had colored it all up. Luckily we hurried her at the end so she could eat dinner so you can actually see some of the yellow.
Ryan loved coloring some of the eggs too. I let him color one his own, while I held the egg. Those are the best because the finished monsters look like they have scaly skin.
The Monster Gathering... It looks like the purple one in the middle is patting the blue one's head. The blue one doesn't like it so much...
Lance did one of himself. His is the one on the right, not the one eyed troll monster on the left. Hard to tell the difference, I know...
Leah, crabby as usual lately, didn't want to participate in the pictures before the hunt.
Once the hunt began she was a little more happy though.
Ryan picked up two eggs, ate one then had to be persuaded to pick up anymore. He just wanted to quickly consume what he had in his basket. He didn't end up getting to many treats because he was such a slowpoke, but we really didn't mind. He did steal a few from his cousin's basket and tried to steal from his sister but she has quite the eagle eye when it comes to her candy. She did have a little compassion on the wolfer of candy boy and gave him a few pieces of her prized hoard.
