Even though Ben is now a teenager, Ben still has as much enthusiasm about Easter as he has always had. Arline had mentioned that she thought she would go ahead and do the Easter baskets because she thought the kids just did it to help her out rather than enjoying it. My immediate response was "What? Ben loves doing all that kind of stuff" and of course he does and loved doing it on Saturday. We dyed 42 eggs!!!! We left a bunch with Arline and brought 2 dozen home. They came out really well this year. We added extra vinegar to some bowls so that the colour was more vibrant and we left some in for quite a while to make them darker (like the red ones). As the kids get older, they are getting much faster, we were done in just over an hour this year!!!!
The Easter bunny did not put any eggs in our yard this year, but she did leave the kids a few sitting on the kitchen counter. They were quite happy with them......
As we were walking out the door to go to church, I said, you both look lovely and you know what that means. Ben groaned and said, pictures!!!!! Maggie wore her Easter dress from last year and I bought her some new shoes. She looked great, but she did take shorts and a shirt to get changed into once she got to Jan and Julie's
Of course, you can't ever miss an opportunity to do a few handstand push ups, no matter what you are wearing......
It was an absolutely beautiful day to go outside after church and let the balloons go. I took this great photo of Ben and Maggie with their godparents
The balloons made it up into the air without getting caught in the trees this year!!!!
We stayed behind after the church service so that Jan and Julie could put out eggs in their garden. The church always has donuts after the service and the kids love to get one
It was the perfect afternoon to lounge around in the garden after lunch. Took a couple of pictures of the kids on the hammock. About an hour after I took the pictures, the hammock fell apart, I guess it had been out in the heat and sun for too many Summers. It doesn't help that Maggie launched herself onto it when Julie was sitting on it!!!!!
We played two games of croquet, Bruce (Caroline's friend) won both of them despite insisting that he's never played before!!!!
Arline looking regal
Me looking scary!!!!
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