I love Easter!

I love Easter.

I think it is my favorite holiday.

I love the spiritual significance. I love teaching my kids about the Resurrection and our Savior.

And I love that it is a spiritual holiday that doesn't require a ton of work.

I don't have to decorate for days, buy lots of presents, make sure I have gifts for the neighbors, etc.

I really wasn't stressed at all. Which is nice because I still very much remember my stress from December. 

And we had an awesome week!

First was the preschool field trip to Peter Piper Pizza, complete with an egg hunt and a visit from the Easter Bunny.

Because of this nice Easter Bunny, my kids now believe that the Easter Bunny is a girl and that it was this specific bunny that brought them their baskets. :)

We also dyed some eggs at home. 

We did the annual egg hunt and dying with Grandma Trish. She is such a fun, cute Grandma. I am sad to think that we won't be doing this next year with her and the cousins, since we will be in Omaha. She makes it so special for the kids and the girls love being with their cousins. 

Sami and Janie were so excited to get their baskets this morning. Jonathan was home and could have slept in, but he didn't want to miss seeing the girls find their baskets. I hid the baskets last night, and Sami found hers right away. And Janie was having a hard time and getting upset, so Jonathan gave her some clues. She was pleased as punch when she found it.

And what was Lucy doing during all of this? Sneaking the remotes, of course. :) She is so good at standing up and getting into things. One day this past week, I let her play with the TV remote and she totally re-programmed it. That was a bummer. She always manages to turn on the PlayStation with this remote, which we use for Netflix. She is a smart one. And getting so big. I have no doubt that next year she will love all the Easter fun and totally get into the egg hunt and the basket of goodies. (Her basket only had eggs filled with cereal, but not next year. Next year she gets the good stuff: jelly beans!)

 Happy Easter!