Easter Day

Easter Day - April 11th

Our Easter morning started out with our tradition egg scavenger hunt for Mack's basket of goodies. We look forward to this every year (even if it takes a little extra planning) and so does he. I remember when he first started to read and needed help reading the clues. Now he can do this on his own which is also enjoyable to watch. The girls are not so much into this tradition yet so we just keep it a special event just for Mack.


The rest of the morning was a mad dash to get everyone dressed and out the door for church. The girls had matching sailor dresses (a purchase by my Mom) but of coarse, getting them to stand together did not happen.


After church we all came back to our house to finish getting our Easter feast finished. My Mom was up at 3:30am preparing the delicious ham.

My bother and sis-in law came as well as Bill's parents, Grandma and Grandpa Michalak.



Lots of food and quality time with family. It was a perfect Easter and I am so grateful for my family.

E is for Elmo, Eggs, and Easter!

Spring Fun!!!

The girls and I went to see Elmo on stage with friends Mandy(Laney's gymnastic teacher and Mack's TT coach) and her son Alex. They loved the show and spent the first 20 minutes waving hello at Elmo. Laney clapped and danced along and even ate cotton candy. Elli just watched and sat in amazement of the music and characters dancing about. This was a great experience and look forward to doing things like this with the girls in the future.




This weekend was very busy for us with Easter and parents coming down to celebrate the holiday. The kids loved coloring eggs. Mack did his traditional plop the eggs in the colors and Laney did a wonderful job working hard at painting her eggs with a brush while Elli experimented with coloring on an egg and then dropping it to the floor. No big messes and good results!

Friday night after the kids went to bed a few ladies from WWF came over to stuff over 1,000 eggs for the community egg hunt. It was quick and fun and I was glad to be a part of this event.
The egg hunt was a success and the weather was much better than last year. Elli even got into the egg hunting spirit and found a few eggs.