Easter

I have always loved Easter.  When I was little, I loved getting dressed up for church in a special dress and going to my grandparents for an Easter egg hunt with my cousins. Looking for the eggs was my favorite form of entertainment so I can't wait for Grayson to get to enjoy it, too.  I bet he'll be ready to join in on the fun next year.

On Saturday we spent the day at my brother's house with my parents and Kristin's mom from Arizona.  We had lunch and hid eggs for the boys in their backyard.  My dad and Kristin's mom took Grayson, Aaron and Andrew for a walk while the rest of us hid the eggs.  We lead a path of eggs from the front yard to the backyard for them to follow.  Aaron is always so shocked each year when we tell him he just missed the Easter bunny.  I tried to get creative this year and take a picture on my camera of some Easter bunny ears just barely in the frame, as if the Easter bunny was too quick for me to snap a photo of him.  It seemed to work, but Aaron was slightly skeptical and felt the ears had a strong resemblance to those of the stuffed bunny Grayson was given by his Aunt Kissy.  :)  Next year we may have to get Uncle Nay Nay (a.k.a. Shane) to throw on a bunny costume!

I had a cute little button up onesie and some khaki pants for Grayson to wear.  He was looking super cute on Saturday!

GQ will be calling soon!

Aaron loves his baby cousin

My new favorite photo of Gray with his daddy!

Momma and her cute little man

First Easter as a family

Mom and her "babies"

We were trying to get a photo of all the cousins but
Andrew was not happy that he didn't get to hold
Grayson.  I thought his pouting was hilarious!

Buckets and gifts from the Easter bunny

Eggs galore

My attempt at tricking Aaron

And their off....

Grayson did have a yellow egg but Aaron snatched it out of his hand.
If you ever wanted to see a protective mother in action, you
should have seen me snap at Aaron when he took the egg
from Gray.  Momma bear had to protect her cub.  :)

Uncle Jay Jay showing Gray how to dance

Grayson and his loot!  The Easter bunny was very generous.

The cute basket I ordered from Etsy (GoodWishesQuilts)

Books, spoons, cars and teethers

Tuckered out after a long day

Part of my Easter gift to the boys were some I-Spy bags that I made (thanks to an idea from Pinterest).  I spent a couple of weeks collecting some little trinkets (buttons, toys, odds and ends from around the house) and made these bags that are filled with the trinkets and pellets.  Then I made some cards for each of the bags with a list and photo of the items so they can search for them.  They were surprisingly easy to make and turned out pretty cute.  Andrew was already playing with his Saturday afternoon while we sat on the patio.

Front view and back view (there is a pocket on the back for the card)

Typed up list of items

Photo list of items

On a completely different tangent, our really good friend, Bobby (a.k.a. Uncle Bobby), was named "East Texas Girls Basketball Coach of the Year"!  Bobby has been a friend of Shane's for some time now and become an honorary member of my family over the years.  He's even joining our family in Galveston this summer!  We couldn't be happier for him!  Here is a link to the article.