Superheros Unite!

Some pictures just bring an instant smile to my face - this is one of them!  Gavin has gotten into superheros lately and likes to put on their various costumes.  Cassidy and Daddy were happy to join in the fun.  I just love it and wanted to share!

Easter 2012

We had a wonderful Easter Sunday this year.  The kids woke up to find their Easter baskets and hidden eggs, courtesy of the Easter Bunny, and then we went to a lovely morning service at church.  Afterwards, we headed out to Grammy and Grandpa Brown's house for another fun Easter egg hunt in the backyard and a great day spent with family.

Good Morning!!!

"The Land Before Time" dinosaur puppets from Grandma and Grandpa Reder were a huge hit!

Family photo!

Cassidy finds the first egg...

Gavin spots one next...

Happy kids!

Helping to make brunch using the manual egg beaters that belonged to Grammy Church - Erik's grandmother

With Grammy Brown after the jelly bean hunt!

Easter Preparations!

We had fun preparing for the Easter Bunny, as always!  We hard-boiled eggs and the kids had fun coloring and decorating them (never got around to actually eating them - oh well).  We also went to one of Wilmette's Easter festivities, the Linden Square Bunny Hop.  This was such a fun morning with live bunnies to pet, a visit from the fire truck for the kids to climb on, treats from each store on the square, and best of all was a visit from the Easter Bunny.  I snapped a shot of the kids standing with him, and had no idea that the photographer from our local paper stood right behind me and snapped the same photo.  How fun to open the paper the following week to see the kids' pictures in the paper with the Easter Bunny!  We also tried out a new recipe for "bunny bait" - a popcorn treat that you leave out for the Easter Bunny the night before Easter.  It was fun to make (messy fun!), however it sounded better than it actually tasted.  Oh well.  The Easter Bunny ate his portion, so that's all that mattered!

Hard-boiling the eggs...

I just had to include this.  Such a typical scene in our house these days.

Eggs are done!!!

Meeting the Easter Bunny at Linden Square

Helping Daddy make our "Bunny Bait"

 More to come soon on our actual Easter Sunday celebration - it was a lovely day!