The bunny came

This year we were invited over to Grandma and Grandpa McWhorter's house to celebrate Easter with them. Easter always reminds me of my Papa McWhorter. He would send all four of us girls the most elaborate easter baskets every year. Not as in super expensive and filled with tons of gifts. As in all kinds of unique and ornate candies and chocolates. My favorite every year was a giant sugar egg sitting horizontally in its box. It had an oval window cut out in its side and when you looked in there was some sort of Easter seen that had been created with sugar and frosting inside. Maybe it was a chick hatching out of an egg or a rabbit in a field. I always thought they were so pretty. It was too sugary too even eat but it was so pretty to look at. The bunny usually brings our kids a good mixture of sweets and little fun things to play with. Deke must have an understanding with him that he will always bring the kids PEEPS every year since they all love them and I am not so much a fan. Even though the kids were super excited Easter morning they didn't get up until 7:30 so everyone was well rested and ready to hunt. They first went around the house finding all the eggs they could. Some were filled with candy and some even had quarters in them, or "monies" as Avery calls them. Once they had searched every nook and crany they still could find the baskets. "Remember the bunny hid them outside last year" Avery reminded Hunter. Out the back door they headed searching the back yard. Avery found her basket first behind a bush. It was filled with lots of yummy treats and of course some flavor blasted goldfish to balance out the sweet with some salt. She got her very own hairbrush for her and her baby dolls and a cute Tinkerbell surf/paddle board for the pool. Then she looked up higher into the bush and started jumping up and down excitedly. She had gotten a purple hula hoop! This was obviously her favorite gift and she spent most of the afternoon perfecting her skills on her waist, arm and even neck. Mom and Dad both tried it out and realized that we are quite rusty and definitely in need of practice. Hunter found his basket behind the air conditioning unit. He had also recieved plentiful amounts of sugar and a Spiderman surf/paddle board like Ave's. He also got some Scooby Doo body wash and his favorite thing, some green silly string. Once we found Emma's by the edge of the pool we moved it over to where she could investigate it. It was so fun to have her taking steps so she could sort of walk over to her basket. First thing she went to was some fun little colored balls with holes in them so she can hang onto them better. She also got a cute little pink pig puppet, a new butterfly book and instead of candy a bag of baby goldfish and some Gerber's fruit bars. As soon as she saw the fruit bars she grabbed it out and kept handing it to me and then looking at me like, "okay...anytime." The rest of the day the kids played with their basket stuff, jumped on the tramp and we all visited. Lisa made a very yummy chicken parmesan for linner with asparagus (which happens to be my favorite vegetable) which we all devoured. It was a really relaxing, fun Easter.