Thanks, Easter Bunny!

It was a relatively quiet Easter here in North Carolina yesterday - other than some festivities, it almost seemed like any other Sunday (quite a difference from a year ago). We started the day right, by sleeping in - no one got up until almost 8:00 AM (Daddy was sooooo happy)! Then we went downstairs, where the boys found their Easter baskets waiting for them (inside were all sorts of little toys and books - and of course, a chocolate bunny). After breakfast, Seanie did his best impression of a bunny, while Loch....did not.



Then it was time to dye Easter eggs (the finished product seen above, along with a cake that I made the day before - which Lochlain helped decorate). I don't think anyone found this to be as much fun as I thought it was going to be....except maybe Mr. Smurfhands:

Later in the afternoon after lunch and nap, we held our 2nd Annual Backyard Easter Egg Hunt (maybe someday other children besides Loch-a-doc and Seaniebear will participate):



Of course afterwards the Easter booty had to be inventoried:



The day ended with a nice lamb dinner followed by the previously mentioned Easter cake - notice how Seanie holds onto his fork without actually using it:

Thus ended our somewhat solitary Easter - at least the weather mostly cooperated. Strangely enough, we went from having the windows open and ceiling fans on for Saturday to snow flurries on Monday - and we'll be back in the 70s by Wednesday. Go figure.