easter 2014 overload

i will get back to spring break soon, but for now, a million bad easter pics.

our cute neighbors down the street make bunny tracks each year and it is pretty magical!

instead of a toy, book, or movie, i  the easter bunny got everyone a personalized basket. they are very cute. :)

and, the already stuffed baskets were almost the same price as the empty, so the easter bunny, went with the prestuffed baskets and called it good.

choco bunnies are soooo fun!

lexi had threatened that she was not to be woken up, but i like to take my life into my hands, so we did it anyway. she was thrilled.

happy sweet tooth girl.

then we had the egg hunt. addie was totally ready to leap for that pink egg. i caught the pic, and then stopped her. just like any other good mom would have done.

hunting!

big helper girl.

delaney had pouted through the big girls hunt, so when it was her turn she had 3 big sister helpers. yes, 3. alexis felt the need to point eggs out to laney as well.

we love a good egg hunt.

"oh, what's over here?" 

i love that the finder is last in line. :)

and back to saturday fun.

i bucked up and we painted eggs. i love holidays, but i don't like that job. 

dying eggs and carving pumpkins are right up there on my list of holiday jobs i dislike.

the messy hands and several eggs delaney dropped on the floor are among the reasons that i don't love dying easter eggs. among other reasons.

lexi had frankie take a few pics of her.

i remembered that we should probably get pictures too with just a few minutes to spare.

 it was a bright day and the lightning notso-hotso, but here are my cute easter girls.

right about the time this pic was taken, our boys were boarding their flight home from ghana. 

but that's another post for another day.

so hard to get all 4 looking at me. at least lexi is always ready. trained the biggins to be always ready way back when addie was a baby.

haha.

i was gathering snacks and asked lexi to take a few individuals.

not quite what i had in mind, but they're cute.

lady sunshine was done with pictures.

checking out the prints.

and of course frankie and her twin, who she was only too happy to hold. she is obsessed with poor adeline!

since the boys were gone, and lexi doesn't eat, we skipped the easter meal and opted for corndogs and a bike ride. it was a nice, quiet easter.