Our First Easter

Easter Eggs. Bunny Rabbits. Candy. Dressy Dresses. Church Services.
A busy day indeed!

here are some pictures.

Painting Easter eggs last night. Look at the concentration on the faces of these artistes!





And then the family photos after church!


This one with Zach took 6 pictures before she would smile. Joy has developed a habit of looking vacantly at the camera when you want her to smile. She will also do that when you're trying to communicate something important to her. I love this picture - just wish it hadn't taken a battle!

The Easter Egg Hunt!
I'm not sure how much of this Joy really understood (I'll write about the Good Friday service later), but after being a pill most of the morning (without the benefit of sugar even!), she was perfectly happy to be the center of attention hunting eggs and toys in the front yard. (Yes, we had to put the dogs on leashes and take them outside too - she didn't want them to stay inside.) The Hello Kitty eggs were a hit, but the socks inside were only marginably successful. It was interesting that she was more interested in finding the eggs than in seeing what was inside. When we were through, she immediately wanted us to hide them again and start over with the hunting part. She was also content to eat only one piece of candy when we got inside. A small chocolate lamb was all she wanted. The bigger kids didn't do so well with the "one piece" rule! Oh well, there's always next year, ha!