Wow, is the long weekend over already?

Oh, you mean it was over a while ago? Crap.

We headed out to my mama’s place on Thursday night after the Big Guy got home from work, arriving just in time to try, unsuccessfully, to put our overtired children to bed. If it weren’t for my mom, Bella may not have slept all weekend.

We had family photos taken Friday morning – not by me, for once – and then spent the rest of the day with my mother in law & her husband, playing at the playground, enjoying their back yard and a delicious barbecue. The weather was amazing, and continued that way for the entire weekend. Primo actually has a rather dark tan on his neck and hands already. His East Indian genes allow him to tan within minutes when he’s playing outside. I guess it’s time to pull out the sunscreen!

Saturday morning…I have no idea what we did. Mom? Big Guy? I think I did a few errands in preparation for Easter. Oh yes. I scored some organic chocolate eggs, which meant that my kids actually got some chocolate for Easter. I wasn’t giving them wax in a wrapper so we were just going to do books, toys & DVD’s, but when I finally found the Green & Black’s easter goodies locally (London Drugs, of all places) I was thrilled and bought a bunch. I also picked up a few things for Primo’s upcoming birthday party. He’s three in a week. Cue fainting mother. In the afternoon, my father in law & his wife came to my mom’s place and played with the kids in the back yard. Primo can’t get enough of playing with his grandpas so it was pretty awesome. They stayed for a Greek dinner (delicious, if I do say so myself) and then, once again, my mom was indispensable in getting Bella to sleep.

Sunday was the big day. When we woke up, bright and early, the kids dug in to their baskets which were packed with toys, sunglasses, DVD’s, books, dolls, and a big organic chocolate egg. I wish I had time to edit the picture of the kids both mowing through their eggs at 7:30 am. They really only had a tiny bit, but they sure tried to fit the entire thing in their mouths! When their cousins arrived, the egg hunt began and was over in about ten minutes. Primo got a few and proclaimed “That’s all I want, thanks.” Bella watched everyone and enjoyed carrying her basket around. My brother’s girls hunted until they were all found (except the one we found while cleaning up Easter dinner later that night). For the rest of the morning the kids played with the Big Guy while I did a family photo shoot for my brother’s family. Then the day was spent outside, with raw egg rolling competitions, walks in the “forest” behind my mom’s house (which is totally not a forest but seems that way when you’re tiny – it’s really a park with some trees), playground time, baseball & soccer in the back yard, sidewalk chalk creations, crafting foam eggs to hang on the Easter tree and cooking Easter dinner. Everyone thoroughly enjoyed the day, and with the exception of my Dad not being there it was the perfect Easter.

Monday was our packing & driving day and we arrived home in time for supper, baths & bedtime. Bella went to bed without issue so it’s definitely the playpen that she hates. I have no idea how that’s going to work when the kids start at their day home in the fall.

I hope you all had as wonderful an Easter weekend as we did!