Newborn Easter bunnies 2013:

Easter toddlers 2014:

Easter trouble-makers 2015:

Our new bunny addition 2016:

2017: Three Easter “bunny fairies,” as the girls called themselves:

Making fun treats is the girls’ favorite part of any holiday, and we spent the week before scouring my food magazines and Pinterest for cute ideas. The girls decided upon scrambled egg bunnies and bunny pancakes for breakfast:

The Easter bunny made it a little harder on the girls this year and didn’t leave their Easter baskets in plain sight. Instead, they followed clues, which took them around the house on a scavenger hunt, until they finally discovered their baskets in their car seats. The Easter Bunny needs to make a mental note to make the clues harder next year, as the girls were able to solve the clues way too easily (maybe rhymes next time?!)

Upon picking them up from their Primary class, Jake noticed their teacher had given each of the girls a bag of jelly beans, and not an individually sized one… an entire bag! The girls had already gobbled up so many and had a tummy ache, so they were fine when he confiscated the bag.

The girls received many compliments on their fairy crowns.

The girls picked out their color of dresses this year, and with their crowns, remarked that they were “beautiful fairies!” I still think 2015 may win for most adorable Easter outfits, though, but maybe it was just the fact that they were so itty bitty! Or the espadrilles!

We had our big Easter feast at lunch, so that we’d have the rest of the day free to relax and do an egg hunt. I was nervous about how the herbed leg of lamb would turn out and didn’t want to ruin it, but it turned out to be delicious, (sigh of relief) and the girls thought it tasted like steak. An Easter miracle! The lemon orzo with asparagus and honey glazed carrots were a hit; not so much for the creamy spring peas with bacon and mint and roasted parsnips. We also attempted to make some pillsbury rolls in the shape of bunnies, which looked more like snails, but the girls didn’t mind.

After naps, the Easter bunny had hidden some eggs out on the trail for the girls to find (not that they needed more candy, but that was the only way to bribe them back into their itchy Easter dresses!)

We passed by Nate on our way, who exclaimed, “I like your flower dresses. I’m wearing Converse.” Observations from a toddler.

Meredith was happy to participate this year and caught on quickly! She was all over the place hunting eggs.

Last year, she was stuck in a basket.

Or was tortured being smothered by kisses… no escape!

She had way more fun this year!

Samantha, the purple fairy, volunteered to be Meredith’s helper and searched for harder to find eggs along the trail after filling her own basket.

Amelia, the blue fairy, was all about finding the biggest eggs, which she quickly realized had either coins, or the more desirable caramel eggs.

Meredith didn’t care so much about what was in the eggs, as finding it fascinating that she could pick them up off the ground, take them apart, and put them in her basket.

Strategizing.

The girls had participated in a few egg hunts around town and at preschool at this point, and although we had done a “Resurrection egg” lesson during one FHE and talked about the non-bunny side of Easter throughout the month, I wasn’t really sure how much had sunk in, until at lunch, Samantha randomly talked about how we were celebrating the fact that Jesus died, but came alive again on the third day. “Yeah!” echoed Amelia. Thanks, Primary teachers!

Samantha and her cronies put a stop to the tyranny, staging a silent protest against a full-length dress picture. Oh well.

SO serious.

We didn’t plan this in advance, but it’s now a tradition to have an annual Easter Meredith Being Tortured Picture:

2016: Samantha and Amelia were even on identical sides last year!

See ya!

Lots of love,