Easter 2011

Chalk Easter up as one of those holidays that is infinitely more fun to celebrate when you have a kid. I don't think we did anything special last year, Lauren was probably too young to be into it, but this year was different. She had an Easter egg hunt at school and then it was on. All she could talk about was "I find eggs!" So on Easter Sunday we gave her a small Easter basket, then while she and Aunt Arie took a nap (take note: Aunt Arie is the nap whisperer) Sean and I filled eggs and hid them, and as soon as she woke up we had an Easter egg hunt. Also on the agenda: dyeing Easter eggs.

The Easter Bunny brought Lauren an Elmo DVD. He's very hip like that.

Things started out well: look at her wield that egg retriever!

But let's be honest, even Aunt Arie doesn't know how to use that thing and she's 30. So Lauren went straight to retrieving eggs from dye with her hands.

And then panicked because she hates to have messy hands. I, much like my mom and Aunt Jane, cared more about the shot than helping my poor helpless daughter.

Some of the finished product.

Don't let her tentative face fool you, she knew exactly what she was doing.

We had great weather, and a great Easter egg hunter. She announced to everyone she saw for several days "I find eggs!" I'm already excited for Easter next year.