We had a lovely Easter...

We started off the evening before Easter with dinner at Mimi & Buppy's (mmmmmmm....meatballs). Cookies and toys in their first set of Easter baskets (1 down, 2 to go). Although the biggest hit seemed to be wearing Buppy's sailor hat from his Navy days:

6:30am and wide awake on Easter morning. Let the hunting commence (or "release the hounds" as Daddy likes to say):

Maddie fell in love with her cookie monster Easter basket. Though she didn't quitee grasp why she couldn't separate cookie monster from the basket itself:

Aidan was most interested in the spinning eggamabob thing I got in the $1 bins at Target:

This is what we considered "hiding" the eggs. They are only 18 months after all!! And it STILL took some prompting from us for them to notice the shiny plastic things.

Post-hunt and after a chocolate spitting episode (guess they got Mommy's genes there), we got all gussied up for our afternoon at Grandma & Peepa's. Below is my first attempt at a group portait. You'd think when the group only includes 2, it wouldn't be so tough...think again!!

Perhaps they'd cooperate if I let them sit on the fireplace?? Not so much...

"Okay Daddy, you wrangle them into the chair and then run away super quick while I snap photos!"

No outfit is ever complete without a matching pig accessory (right hand). Isn't she lovely??

Aidan manned his usual post which is directly in front of the tv (he likes to push the buttons). This was a bit frustrating for his cousins who were trying to watch the 'Quest for Camelot'. Of course he looked very dapper, so nobody could really be mad!

Maddie tried Ham for the first time and gobbled it up. Aidan was his usual chicken nugget lovin' self. They played with their Easter toys and ran about. We hit the road once the fussies set in and arrived home just in time for jammies, stories, and snugging. What a nice couple of days!