Hosanna!

Easter Traditions

Every year my mom plants a pot of grass for each grandchild.

We keep them by our kitchen window

& they grow like crazy. 

This is only 2 days after a haircut!

BO LOVES giving them haircuts!

They get quite a close shave!

But in 2 days...it'll be ready for another cut.

But my FAVORITE tradition is

Ukrainian Easter Eggs.

My little sister & I both student taught under Slava, a woman from the Ukraine.  She taught it to her class every year & we were lucky enough to pick it up!

These are my first two eggs this year.

I like to use the traditional pattern and go crazy from there.

The details are so fun!

The newly cut grass makes a great way to display the eggs.

And of course a special egg in the lunch box is always a hit.

They are not cooked...

I give these eggs a survival rate of about 1,

maybe 2 days...

you know my boys!

Do you have any special traditions?

Happiness is...

Easter egg hunts in p.j.s.

Biting the ears off first.

The giggles I had looking through my Easter pics,

just look at Bo's face.

We couldn't get everyone together again this year...

but at least Annie is pretty consistent :)

She eats this picture thing up.

"Mom...get a picture with my shoes."

She may have the posing down perfect...

(can even rock some rug burn)

...but this picture here is a look

I can't live without.

Can you blame me?

The Easter Bull

You find the perfect Easter dress...

to match the cutest Easter sandals.

Then add one round of playing "BULL" with dad

& add a big dose of rug burn.

(Dad The "Bull" obviously won)

Thank goodness Easter is about sooooo much more!

My Peeps

I know, I know, Easter is over but we still have the Peeps that I couldn't resist buying because...let's face it...those pink bunnies are soooooo cute!

So, today after school the kids enjoyed a cup of bunny coco.

And it wasn't long before Bo figured out how much fun it was to stick the bunnies to his cup.

That way you can eat 'em right off the side.

At first, Annie was happy to tell on him. 

But soon...

Her cup had a bunny too :)

Got Peeps?