How we celebrated

First we came out and saw what the Easter bunny and Grandma and Grandpa L. brought us.   I'd say she got some fun things.  And she would say the same thing too. 

One of her very favorite gifts was this hat: 

Once we checked out the loot, it was time for an Easter egg hunt in the backyard.  I am still loving the fact that we actually have a backyard (small as it may be).  It's the simple joys, people.

Mom, I found one! 

Once she found all the eggs, it didn't take long for the candy to find its way into her mouth.  Get a load of that hair. Crazy!

Our final festivity: Dying Eggs.

This was her reaction when she put her first egg in the dye. 

Just a little cheese for Mom.  In fact she got quite good at saying cheese.  By the end, she would put her egg in the dye and say cheese without even looking up.  She knows the routine. 

I believe that is what she is doing in this pic....saying cheese.

After the eggs were dry, we colored...

and put stickers on them.

Then we had some rootbeer floats to celebrate a job well done. 

Cheers! 

Easter

The Easter Bunny certainly came to our house this year! He left many many fun things for Alayna.

And being the good mother that I am, I wanted to document all that was brought. But Alayna had a different plan in mind...

I neatly arranged all of the gifts and the Easter bucket and was ready to take the picture. I even put Easter eggs in the bucket for an added little touch.

What was I thinking? Brightly colored eggs plus metal bucket with a handle that makes a clanking noise every time it is moved equals complete and utter entertainment for a six month old. I could not get her to leave the eggs in the bucket, let alone give me one smile. Didn't she know I just wanted to document her first Easter ever? Apparently not.

What follows is the sequence of events that took place.

"Let me get a closer look at these eggs."
"Awww. Why did Mom have to take all the eggs out? No matter. I'll just keep playing with this bucket and not pay any attention to her even though she is doing EVERYTHING possible to get me to look at her." (Notice, I did get a somewhat decent picture of the gifts. Just not a picture of a smiling baby with her gifts.)

"Wow. I can even tip it over. And by the way, Mom, I am STILL not going to look at you."

"Ok. I guess since you are trying soooo hard. I will give you a little half smile, but I want the bucket upside down." (At this point, I just took what I could get.)Aunt KaLee let us borrow this bib so we could get a cute first Easter picture. Still no smiling, but a cute picture none-the-less.

What's an Easter without eggs? Here's what she liked best, slobbering all over them.

Alayna in her Easter best. And a little Easter family photo. Happy Easter!