Happy Easter!

Hope you had a wonderful Easter Day! It was a really special day for us, one of those days when everything seems to go smoothly. The kids woke up super early and were super patient apparently just sitting staring at their Easter baskets and the backyard full of hidden eggs while Rob, Ryan and I slept in...for 45 minutes! Patience like they have never before displayed, and they had gotten themselves dressed in their Easter finest! After the bunny magic, a breakfast of hardboiled eggs and candy, we went to church were again, manners and patience were beyond expectation, long 1.5 hour service with hardly a peep, Ryan lasted 20 mins in the baby room, a record! So what do I attribute this burst of lovely children too? They have eagerly awaited Easter since Christmas, but the bigger reason is that we spent the two days before talking about the real meaning behind Easter and the events that it reminds us about. They are starting to really get it! I found a great kids article about the life of Jesus, edited out some harsher parts as I still believe they are too young to hear/understand all of it and I do not want this to ever cause fear but always strength in their lives...and it was on this Easter Day:)



Here are some of my favorite pix from the day. Every now and then I find a toy that I really love and these glittery water balls are the new it! Really fun and bouncy!



Here is a pic of Matt and Rob having an egg-war ( needs a more peaceful name). It is a Lithuanian tradition that makes cracking eggs even more fun. You pick your egg, find a partner and knock the tips together. The egg that does not crack is the winner. Cracked egg gets to be eaten.

Thank you aunties, and gran -mas, pas, for the Easter treats!