Happy Easter

Our Easter week started out on Wednesday, I was trying to take some pictures of the boys in the matching shirts that I had bought them. Needless to say, it did not work out. Paul ended up getting some paint on his shirt (I was doing crafts at the time), and Peter was drooling and dirt stuck to his shirt. Oh well, we will try again later. On Saturday, one of the local churches put on an Easter Carnival. Joshua took the morning off to spend with the boys and me. We had alot of fun. The boys did an Easter egg hunt, then we did crafts and played some games. Paul also got to see some different animals as they had a petting zoo there. I was surprised that he was willing to touch them without much encouragement. He seems to really like it too (which makes sense since the only animals he has seen is a cat, dogs, and birds). It was a great outing and I was glad that we went, even though it was snowing and raining. It seems weird to think of it snowing during Easter, but it is very common (I am still trying to get use to the different seasons here). We also did Easter baskets that morning as well (who says that you are too old for Easter baskets? :)). Paul loved his (and everyone else) basket. Peter likes his too, but he is a little too young to get what Easter is about. On Saturday night, we dyed Easter Eggs as a family. The boys had alot of fun doing this with Grandpa and Grandma Steed and Auntie Mar. Peter loved to play with the eggs and grap at everything. Paul loved helping put the eggs in the dye. He would drop them from up high. Paul did not fully understand about being careful :). It was a great way to end the evening. We all slept well from all the activity. During the night it snowed. We were surprised to have it snow for Easter and not for Christmas, but it did and we still enjoyed it. We had an Easter banquet at our church, so we were all able to be together as a family. We were keeping the boys home from church to build up their immune system. I miss us not all going to church together, but I would like for the boys to be able to keep healthy. The banquet turned out great everyone did a great job. Joshua and I got the boys home for their naps, alittle late. They slept for awhile, but then were grumpy when they woke up. After they got up, we did family pictures. I love taking our own pictures. They turn out so much better. I also like having something for the boys to look back on. Family is so important and so special. Then we did our own family egg hunt. We do this every year (usually outside). This year we had to do it inside because of the snow. My mom hides money in the eggs and then we go and find them. Paul is really getting into Easter this year. He loves going and looking for eggs. He saw the eggs on the living room floor and he wanted to go and get them. That was the end of our Easter. The boys went to bed earlier because they were tired from all the activity and getting late naps. I hope that you all had a blessed Easter. We sure did.