Our Easter was fairly relaxed this year as we are going away soon and didn't want to do to much. So we didn't have the yearly Easter brunch at our house, and kept the Easter Egg hunt for our kids only (normally we do it with all the kids in our family all at once).
Seeing as Easter is a holiday fairly focused around sweets (namely chocolate), Adam and i reaLLY WANTED TO THINK OF SOMETHING ELSE TO (oops, sorry bout the caps) do rather than stuff the kids with lollies every year. So we came up with a few ideas to cut out all those choices. WE decided that instead of having a basket full of sweets to wake up to, we would have the Bunny leave one small Easter treat, along with a note sending them on a hunt for their Easter treats. This idea originated from Adam who had a step-father who did something the same, but then grew after Rozzie told me about a friend of hers who also did the same thing. I was also inspired by Elsie's idea of making felt bunnies. I saw this and liked it so much that Adam and i decided to start a new family tradition. Every year we thought we'd make them a new felt bunny each. Then when they out grew Easter, we could extend on that tradition by all making our own easter dolls together, as a family. So thank Els, for the cool idea! I also loved Rozzies idea of giving our kids a book every Easter....might steal that one too, thanks Rozzie ;)
Anyway....heres our first attempts at Easter Bunnies for the kids. I haven't made Zalis yet, as i still have till Wednesday to make hers. But i made one for Tatiana and Kody (kody's is a super-bunny with a mask and cape and all) and one for my nephew Beau. Adam made Entonis (the pirate bunny). he was going to do kodys as well, but it took longer than he thought. I am quite proud of our little Eater bunnies and had so much fun making them.....Can't wait to make more! (oh NO....not another hobby! lol)
On Thursday before school was out, the kids had their first ever Easter Bonnet Parade along with crazy hair and socks day. So we made some Easter hats the night before, stitched up some make-shift socks the morning of (forgot until 10 minutes before school!), spray painted Entonis hair blue and styled Tatianas hair with a whole bunch of crazy bows. You can't actually notice their hair in any of the pics, lol. Tatiana didn't see me for the first half of the parade , even though i was screaming our "go Tatiana....I love you!" at the top of my lungs eveytime she walked past. She looked so sad, looking for me in the crown , thinking i wasn't there. But then she finally saw me and couldn't stop smiling after that. Entoni found me straight away so he was all good. It was so cute seeing all the kids parade around so proudly in their little Easter hats. Things like that always get me all emotional too....yep, I'm a real sop. get that from my mum....and i used to laugh at her for being like that! LOL.
ETA OK...so my blog has a mind of it's own today and is posting my photos where ever IT wants to, not where I want it to! But easter parade pics are at the top of this post :P
And heres some pics of the kids after their Easter Egg Hunt.
So how do you celebrate Easter? I would love to know what traditions you have or what you do on easter. It's always so fun to hear how other people celebrate their holidays!
The week before eater was the twins Birthday. Again, we kept the celebrations small this year, with a picnic in the park with family. Tatiana got a pair of roller skates and Entoni got a skate board. They gave them a go in the back yard...so funny to watch! Entoni decided it was much easier to just lay on his stomach and push with his arms, and Tatiana kept falling on her but...lol, needed some bottom pads i think!
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aND ON THE SCRAPPING FRONT... (oops, done the caps thing again) heres the layout i did for the Aussie dares site awhile back. Although i just noticed my S has fallen off! It's supposed to say, "My Peeps"
Oh....and last but not least.....the WINNER for the Freestyle Class in New Zealand is.......
(drum roll please!)
Kelly R!!!!!! Congrats Kelly. I'll email you with the details:)
Thats all for me for now. Enjoy your easter weekend!
PS I have updated all my Class Pics for this year (see side bar albums) so if you have taken one of my classes you should check it out...you might just be in there!
xoxox
Z
