Easter 2011

Easter this year was actually the day we were suppose to return from Coral Pink. We planned on staying at Coral Pink until Sunday, but ended up leaving at about 9 pm on Saturday night. It was kind of nice because the kids slept the entire drive home. We made it home at about 1 am and we all went straight to bed. The kids didn't even notice that the Easter Bunny had already visited the house before they walked back to their bedrooms.

Or course they were up bright and early Easter morning and Jess and I were wiped out. They patiently waited in Maddox's room for at least an hour before we felt guilty enough to wake up and let them go find their Easter baskets.

I swear, all our kids care about it candy. Claire looked like she was hopped up on something before she even opened her first candy filled egg. She was frantically trying to open a Resees' Peanut Butter Egg before shoving the entire thing in her mouth. We thought she was going to have a heart attack. I know, a super healthy breakfast. Also, those chocolate bunnies were about a foot tall and I think she had hers finished by Monday afternoon. Again, I know.

Anyway, it was a wonderful but different Easter! It was different because we missed our 9 am church meeting. It just seems weird to not dress up my kids in special outfits for Easter Sunday. Also, I was bummed they didn't get the real meaning of the holiday. It's not that easy to convince your children that Easter is really about our Savior and his resurrection when they are chowing down on a gigantic chocolate bunny.