Easter stuff and Easter weekend

I know I sound like a broken record but every holiday is seriously amazingly magical with little kids. And I feel like Matthew and Kate, at their ages now, are the most magical age of all. I try to appreciate every second. I know it'll fly by way too fast.

We kicked off the Easter celebrations with coloring eggs for FHE. I like to do this 2-3 weeks before Easter so that we can use all the eggs and enjoy them before Easter is over. (Not that you can't enjoy them after Easter... but you now...)  It was a little chaotic but still so fun. ;-) And we had these little painter things (made specifically for coloring on eggs) that the kids LOVED. Perfect for preschool age kids.

Easter egg hunts!!! Love! Other than the hunt they had Easter morning, they also went on a hunt that the community put on as well as one that my amazing friend put on. Every year she does a Flashlight Easter Egg hunt and it is so much fun! The kids loved it.

Game planning with Dad before the community hunt started. Haha!

Flashlight Egg Hunt. As soon as it gets dark the flashlights come on and off they go!

Matthew also got to enjoy an Easter party with his preschool class. Seriously, I want to go to preschool. They do the most fun things.

Easter weekend also happened to be my birthday weekend this year. I'm actually not a fan of Easter being in March simply because I like the holidays to be a little more spread out, and luckily it's not super common. But it's extra uncommon to have my birthday only one day before Easter! The weekend was fun though. The Schlesingers came to town on Saturday (my birthday!) and that's always super exciting since we don't get to see them a lot. We ate Gimaldi's pizza for lunch (YUM!) and per my request, Michael picked up a giant chocolate chip cookie from Paradise Bakery as my "birthday cake." They are seriously so delicious. And no, their regular sized chocolate chip cookies aren't nearly as good. I don't get it either, but it's true.

We spent most of the rest of the day just hanging out with everyone and enjoying catching up. Michael wanted to play the girls at tennis because they're both awesome at it. And the kids adored all the Schlesingers. Can't blame the kids - they ARE fun!

I suppose it would be rude if I didn't mention that although Michael got an amazing workout, that's water all over him, not sweat. ;-)

That night we got a babysitter and went to an Escape The Room place. We did one that was an "Escape the Dead" theme (felt Halloween-y) and it was SO FUN. I have to admit that I didn't think I'd like it that much, but we all did. Way more fun than it sounds. I want to go again! :)

Easter Sunday was great as always. The kids enjoyed their egg hunt, we went to church, and then went to Michael's grandparents house for Easter dinner. Love my family!