Easter, in an Eggshell

When I woke up around 5 a.m. to hear the torrentual down-pour on my windows I just knew there would be nary an outdoor egg hunt for us Sunday. But I was wrong. The sun finally decided to show itself in the late afternoon and things dried up just enough for a lovely hunt out in the driveway/front yard.

The B Man didn’t want to go to the egg hunt at our church so we did not attend and he was happy with just our own little event here at the house. Admirable if you ask me, because I helped them stuff the eggs at church last weekend and woah! But that was fine with me since we have enough candy around here already to last us as long as a package of Peeps. (the ones sitting by me on my desk don’t expire until 2012, thankyouverymuch.)

So on Saturday we made some fun “bunny” cupcakes. (Thanks to Wendy for tweeting the link to these!) The B Man had a blast decorating several all by himself and I think he did a fine job if you ask me.

Here is the very first one he decorated.

Pretty good, huh?

Little G had fun stacking the “naked” ones into a cupcake tower. But it wasn’t a very pretty scene when we had to tear him away to commence nap time…

And here are the finished products:

While Little G napped we colored eggs.

I had to leave that night for a while to go to the Easter Vigil service and even though it’s a long one, it was well worth it for the chills that ran up my spine as our choir finished the “Hallelujah Chorus.” Our church has good acoustics. : )

Then on Sunday we rised and shined early to go to church again (well me anyway) as a family. After digging into their Easter baskets we took the sugared-up kiddos to mass! Aw, just kidding, Little G managed to only break into one piece of chocolate (I think…). And please, take note of the Peeps that we will still be able to eat when my child, that is currently in the womb, is 2.5 years old.

As you can see below, Little G absolutely refused to wear his tie (and I mean REFUSED!) but other than that, they looked sharp, my boys…

And a family one (it’s the best we could get!)

For lunch we enjoyed glazed ham, steamed asparagus, potato casserole, ceasar salad, and homemade rolls (my first time to make them from scratch!). It was ALL good. And for dessert? Bunny cupcakes and angel food cake with strawberries. Delish.

And here are a few shots from our Easter egg hunt. And yes, Little G is still wearing his church clothes, which he also napped in. No, he would not wear a tie, but he also would NOT take these off. Absolutey REFUSED (where have we heard this before?). He’s got a mind of his own, that one.

I hope you all had a wonderful Easter. I can certainly say mine was blessed with family, renewal and love.

Here’s a last pic of my Mom and The B Man relaxing together out back, listening to the birds and watching the squirrels…