Twas the Night before Easter and after

We had a sweet Easter this year. The weather was ideal, and the weekend was full of focus and fun traditions. Here's the photo story...

The night before Easter, Brad read the kiddos a book for kids about the true Easter story. 

 Before we put the kids to bed, we tried to bait them with exciting promises of the Easter Bunny's surprises to come... The only problem was that Beckham freaked out, and we had to promise him that the Easter Bunny would definitely NOT come to his house while we winked at JB that we were just kidding. 


Here's the loot that EB left behind when he WASN'T coming to Beckham's house :)

When the kids woke up, I was in the shower. So, Brad had to quarantine them to our room while they waited on me to get out so I wouldn't miss their faces when they saw their Easter morning surprises.

When we told Beckham that we were going to see what the EB left him (we thought he probably forgot last night's promises), but he froze, completely expecting the Easter Bunny to jump out from behind the table. It wasn't until he saw Buzz and Woody in his basket that he was ok with taking the risk. 

We spent the late afternoon at Nanny and Grandaddy's house, where the Easter Bunny (my dad) makes his annual appearance. 

Jay-Jay was in town this weekend!

Beckham's look when we told him the Easter Bunny was here - like "this was such a nice day... why would you invite a monster?"

This girl was super excited to hug her grandaddy Easter Bunny...

The sisters with dad...

EB does a little jig before heading out...

Before dinner, we had a little hunt in the front yard. Noah and Barrett were mostly excited about the baskets which they assumed were crazy hats.

They did get the concept at the end.

This girl was much faster this year - she understands that the first few seconds are crucial to the collection of hidden eggs.

Look at our eggs, Mom!

I hope your week is as exciting as a basket full of Easter eggs... but definitely not as scary as the bunny :)