We stayed up way too late Friday night watching a movie we never should have rented because Derek got home so late. So when Hyrum burst into our room Saturday morning at 7:30 saying "EASTER IS HERE!" we had a tough time waking up. Hyrum's excitement of course woke up Noah quite unwelcomely as well. We dragged ourselves out of bed to join the excitement. I sat Noah with Derek and ran to get the camera to get pictures...Noah was not happy about that.
Hyrum, being a pro at all this, got right down to business picking up the jellybeans in his trail and finding eggs along his way.
Noah, still shakey from his rude awakening, sat on my lap and chewed on a single jelly bean. Then he'd grab another jelly bean and bite that in half and chew on it...then eat the other half and then grab another one....all of this seated on my lap.
In time I persuaded him to put them in his basket.
The wise Easter bunny put smaller candies in small plastic eggs for Noah and larger candies in larger plastic eggs for Hyrum. Also that wise Easter bunny made a smaller trail for Noah than Hyrum. He must have been at this for awhile, I tell ya. To the boys they were fabulous maracas though.
Noah also thought the little plastic eggs made great projectiles ( or maybe he figured out a fun way to get the eggs open )
The plastic eggs were almost more fun than the candy inside for Noah
The boys also got Book of Mormon characters for Easter and Hyrum has managed to loose his "Brother of Jared" already. Poor "brother of Jared" has gone the way of the "Lamanite warrior". Hopefully we find you soon!
Despite the constant drizzle that day we couldn't be kept from going outside.We decided to give Hyrum a taste of organized baseball. He's hit the ball before but never run the bases. Most of the time he'd forget to run and would often miss bases. It was fun to teach him the game a bit.
He's an addict now. I'm impressed that he can hit the ball. The boy's already better than me.
All the excitement was just too much for Noah...and daddy.
Easter Sunday was quiet with just us four together but we took the opportunity, as we've done the last three or four years to take a family picture. It's always an adventure.
Have you ever wondered what you look like when you are lecturing...uh giving your kids instruction?
Lovely.
Hyrum could hardly breathe and I had tears streaming down my face from laughing so hard at this one.
Hyrun's smile is priceless. A bit too much sugar perhaps?
We did end up with a pretty good one though
Happy Easter!
2 comments:
Pam said...
Thank you for posting. This is how I can still feel near you guys and not miss all the important stuff-like Noah's first real Easter egg hunt :). Happy Easter to all!
Nikki said...
Happy Easter. :) Ours was unusual this year since the EB had to find us in a hotel!
(By the way, did you ever get your bday present from us?)