Easter Eve

The best part about hosting Easter is having family at our home for a full day celebration. The second best...is the fact that it's OUR house, which means no need to travel and spend time in the car with 2 little kids that utterly dislike long car rides. So this morning, we lounged around long enough to realize the cloudy, dreary morning was not going to be a real fun morning to spend at the local Easter egg hunt.

Enter Plan B.

Free fun at a local shopping center turned petting zoo/face painting/Easter Bunny!

And did I mention it was all free :)

We started off with the petting zoo, where Sidney had already announced (before evening leaving the house to be exact), that she had no intentions of petting any animals. Regan was brave, entered the animal area and then totally fell apart. She clung to me, begging me to pick her up (not an easy feat these days!, that girl is getting a tad bit tall for me to be carrying her around). I thought this guy was pretty cute, til the lady next to us mentioned "He looks like he's about to spit!". Exit stage right. Regan was relieved.

On to face painting. We waited in line 45 minutes. Patiently might I add.

This was Sidney's first experience with face painting, she's always been to nervous to go through with it.

Something tells me that seeing her big sister's face turn into this beautiful butterfly had something to do with Sidney's bravery.

Wouldn't you wait in line 45 minutes to look like this? These two had absolutely no problem, watching as each kid before them walked away with an amazing creation on their face. Regan finally announced "mom, I think that lady is an artist!". Indeed she is :)

Despite both girls having told us they didn't want to sit with Mr. EB, it was after they had gone through all the various "stations" that they realized it was Mr. EB handing out the candy. In order to get any for themselves, they knew they needed to sit with him. Sidney clung and whimpered but as long as she knew I wasn't getting up without her, we were all good.

And now, I just finished cleaning the house, prepping the food, decorating the table and stuffing over 50 of these. I think we're ready!