Easter

We had a nice quiet Easter here at home. The kids woke up at 6:30am, as usual, and yelled with delight when they found their baskets brimming with goodies. It took me awhile to actually get out of bed, so I missed the dissection of their baskets, but Jenna kept running back to my bedroom informing me of what she got. Her highlight was the big blue duck that she has wanted for weeks. She was saving up her money to buy it herself, but the Easter Bunny beat her to it. Alex was excited about his Leapster game that he really wanted. After a quick egg hunt, in which Alex found all 29 of his eggs in less than five minutes, he settled on the couch and played his Leapster most of the day. We let him as he was not feeling well. He had had a fever for the previous 3 days and was diagnosed with strep, but it turns out it wasn't. Regardless, Alex was weak and tired and not quite himself. In fact, he didn't even ask for a piece of his Easter candy until after lunch and at that, picked one small piece and that was it. Jenna, however, would have eaten nothing but candy all day if we let her. We stayed in our pjs all day and laughed at the crazy weather outside - sometimes raining, sometimes sleeting, sometimes big huge snowflakes, one small period of bright sunshine, followed by more rain/snow mix. Only in the Midwest I guess!! Overall, a good family day that we all enjoyed.