Egg Hunt

Today's weather was so nice, the Easter Bunny came by a little early and actually hid a little over a dozen eggs at the church playground.  Madison spotted one right away, and as luck would have it - she had her Easter basket with her.  Mommy just so happened to have that in the car, ready to fill up - and so the hunt began.  It was just Madison, Mommy and Daddy at the church this afternoon - and it was a beautiful day outside.  Some of the eggs were more challenging to find, but Madison did locate every single one, all with a great big smile on her face.

We worked a lot today, getting ready for the Easter services tomorrow morning.  We'll have three of them, the first one starting at 7:00 am.  That means Daddy has to get up around 5:00 am or so, which is why he went to bed extremely early tonight.  It's either that or the extreme fatigue he's been feeling lately.  Vacation next week can't come soon enough.  So tired lately!

Mommy has been so good at packing and getting things set for vacation.  Meanwhile, there's also Easter preparations for the family - baskets for Hannah, David Austen and Jonathan.  Mommy and Daddy also exchanged baskets tonight before bed:  here's the basket we made for Mommy, which has the theme of "Pinky and the Brain."

Note the egg that has a globe painted on it.  This Easter, Brain wants to take over the world!  It was a cute basket idea, all based on Daddy's early memory of Mommy and her like of that cartoon series.  She was a big fan of it - and now we'll have some time to watch all the episodes!

Mommy and Daddy have been exchanging baskets for years, and some of them have had some outrageously fun themes.  One of our early favorites was a Godzilla basket - we'll have to see about scanning some of those pictures and posting them here.  Of course, most of our energy now goes towards Madison - I think she's going to be getting a nice basket tomorrow!