Easter 2012

What prevents a 2 1/2 year-old from sleeping through the night?  Great anticipation of a visit from the Easter Bunny.  4:00 a.m. here comes my little princess into my room asking for eggs.  Are you kidding me?  Cameron was fast asleep and Emmersyn was tossing and turning for nearly 1 1/2 hours until she finally fell back asleep..... I even made her go to the bathroom in the dark so she wouldn't find any eggs on her way to the bathroom or in the bathroom.  She fell back asleep, but I didn't.  So, I have been tired since 4:00 a.m. yesterday morning!  Anyway, here is how our Easter morning began....  I wanted to get a quick picture, or two, before they left the room in search of the eggs and presents!

Then they were off collecting all of the chocolate Easter bunnies that led them to their Easter buckets.  I'm so glad Santa contacted the Easter bunny to let him/her/it know to make two paths of chocolate rather than one, so that Emmersyn and Cameron would not fight/cry over collecting the candy.    Cameron made the rules of taking turns collecting the candy on Christmas morning, unfortunately Emmersyn had her own set of rules for Christmas which consisted of getting as much chocolate any way possible even if it meant pinching, hitting, running over your sibling.  Winner takes all.  But, we diverted another collision of personalities by the two separate paths of chocolate.  

Cameron used the slide technique where he slid all of the chocolate along the floor until he made it to his bucket.  Emmersyn used the pick up each bunny technique.....less efficient.  Hopefully she will learn for next year!

Next, they had to open up the cards the Easter bunny left for each of them to figure out the rules of engagement!

And then they were on the hunt.....

He was really close to finding his egg...too bad he was looking up when the egg was down below.

Then it was time for all of the fun presents the Easter bunny left behind.... A MICKEY MOUSE puzzle...

Kirby Returns to Dream Land for the Wii....

Elmo puzzles.....

A couple of Backyardigans DVDs....

Some type of catch game....

Toopy and Bino DVD....

A mini Minnie Mouse.....

Two Mario bathing suits....

A cute little dress.... and hair clips....

Shorts.....

Shoes......

I love her smile...with her favourite toy...

Some of her eggs....

Cameron was so excited to start playing his new Wii game!

And, while Cameron was playing the Wii, Emmersyn was working on her Elmo puzzles....

After her Elmo puzzles, it was time to try doing the Minnie puzzle....

She did it!

And then it was FINALLY time to head over to Aunt Nicole's!

This was the response/pose that I got when I asked Emmersyn if I could take a picture of her before we left!

That's a little better....

So, these next pictures, I have A LOT of the same pictures posted.  I found it funny how the kids just randomly do their own thing....  Gabby is always looking at what Emmersyn is doing.  When Emmersyn doesn't want to do something, like take a picture, she will put her finger in her nose!

Emmersyn was not going to give in!  She was not going to cooperate for me to get a picture of her and Gabby.  Next she's playing with her mouth...

And they are both staring at ??????

So, why not try it with another kid????  Smile Ty!

What the heck, get all the cousins together.....Here comes the snapping..... Emmersyn still looks annoyed, but she is actually looking at me...Everyone else....is not looking....

Tyler was on the run and Cameron was playing with his mouth...no one else is looking....

Emmersyn refuses to look at anyone, and of course, Gabby is studying Emmersyn....

Amanda has had enough, and Cameron and Nick are gone!

Check out those fabulous smiles by the boys in the back!

Emmersyn was falling asleep on us and Gabby and Cameron have had enough...

Gabby perked up and grabbed Emmersyn to hold on to.  Cameron could care less....

Now, Gabby is choking Emmersyn with her tight hold on her neck!

Finally she escaped!

It was nice to see Laura and Brad, who we don't get to see that often.  

Tyler is still fascinated with the flash on the camera.  He has a hard time refraining himself from pointing it out.  Once the picture is taken, he likes to check himself out in the photo.

Next, we headed outside in search of more Easter eggs!

I love this picture.  Nick is in the lead looking high up in the tree, followed by Nicole looking on the ground, Cameron mindlessly following, and Amanda looking precious carrying her basket of eggs.

Gabby was returning from finding an egg way out in the boonies, and Tyler was questioning where she found that egg way out there!

Emmersyn was counting her eggs....there were supposed to be 12 eggs for everyone....

She had all of her eggs....

Cameron counting his eggs....he was one short....

He was determined to find his 12th egg.....

Yeah...he found it!

And so he had to count them one more time!

It was quite a windy day....Here is Emmersyn hanging out with Grammie....

Nicole found these cool confetti eggs.  When you break the eggs, confetti comes out!  Isn't that great!

Tyler had more fun with the chocolate eggs!  Maybe next year he'll understand the fun of the confetti eggs.

I thought I should get a picture with each of my kids...

I love this picture of the boys....

And then after some coaxing, Amanda made it into the picture....

Here's my picture with M's....

And finally, Emmersyn is devouring one of Nicole's scrumptious cupcakes!

We had a fabulous Easter.  Hope everyone else did.  Can't wait to see pics from Nicole.  I know she has a very, very busy week, but hoping she can find some time to blog....in between planning for Gabby's birthday party, baking, talent show, first communion, working, tennis, piano, homework, dinners, cleaning, running to the bus stop, dropping off Gabby to school, running on the treadmill, making lunches, therapy with Gabby, playing with the kids, hanging out with Steve.........and a million other things I can't remember..... I'm exhausted just writing about it.  Can you imagine actually having to do it????  How can I help?????