Happy Easter!

We had such a nice and relaxing Easter weekend. Since we knew we were going to be at my parents' on Sunday, we did the typical Easter activities as a family on Saturday. Carter woke up to a house hit by the Easter Bunny! There were jelly beans all over the house (a tradition from Cary's childhood) and an Easter basket with a new Cars helicopter, a squirt gun, and candy. After collecting all of the jelly beans and digging into the candy, we dyed eggs and put Cars stickers on them. Carter actually LOVED this activity and constantly wanted Cary to lift the eggs out of the dye to see how bright they were getting. Once it warmed up a little outside, Carter played in the backyard while Cary picked up sticks and I replaced my Easter decorations with Spring ones inside. After Carter's nap, we stopped by St. Mark for Easter-themed activities and an Easter egg hunt. We were surprised by the amount of people there, and ended up skipping the hunt. I'm sure Carter would have just been trampled! Although we left early, Carter was happy that he was able to pet a bunny before we left!

On Sunday, we went to the 8:00 service at Sacred Heart with Cary's parents and then made our way to Guthrie. As soon as we were all there, Carter and Katelyn hunted Easter eggs in the front yard. Then we were in for a surprise - a bunny in a red Corvette came pulling into the driveway!!! Katelyn was so excited and Carter was very timid and unsure. Carter mostly hid behind Cary and said "Bye, Bunny!" He's not so subtle with his hints.

After lunch and playing inside, we took the kids outside to play. The highlights included many rides in the wagon (pulled by Dad's lawn mower) and lots of time playing with their brand new kites. Boy, were the kites a hit!!!

After leaving my parents, Cary and I had all intentions of visiting his family's Easter celebration at his parents' house. But when we finally got back into Des Moines, all three of us were ready for some Sunday afternoon naps and the Coppola party was winding down. We'll have to do our Coppola Easter egg hunt another day! If the amount of Easter candy in our house measures the success of a weekend, I'd say that ours was beyond successful. Reeses' peanut butter cups and Milky Way eggs, here I come!