It has been a long while since I have posted, so I know I have a few make-up posts to do. Easter 2011 was spent in Wichita and Grandma Nancy started us off decorating eggs! The girls were surprisingly patient waiting for their eggs to become "vibrant" in the many colors of dye they drowned their eggs in. Macy consumed practically every color while Caitlin debated where to put hers.
Dad supervised and gave creative tips such as doing half the egg in one color (they slowly bored of holding the egg 1/2 submerged and just ended up letting it go allowing for a two-toned egg of the same color).
We decided we should have added at least one more dozen (I told Nancy 1 dozen was enough - who knew the hours of fun we could've supplied them with if only we had given them more eggs)?
The next day we moved on to duck cupcakes. My mom gave me a cupcake decorating book (to help support her book fair) and I felt that I needed to try it out. These cupcakes stressed me out. To top it all off, we forgot to put them out on Easter Sunday, and Grandma Nancy and Papa Don were stuck with 24 duck cupcakes after everyone left.
The girls shaped the beaks and stuck the eyes on, and they did great at their jobs. I didn't do so great at my job - the heads and tails didn't stick very well.
The afternoon was full of kite flying. Grandma got kites for the girls, and one of them just wouldn't fly. Grandpa and Jon tried their best - for quite awhile, but couldn't get that thing to fly. Brian, Carrie and Ashley came, and Brian felt he may have the magic touch, but that kite just wasn't meant to soar.
Caitlin had a blast. She was thrilled with flying the kite. I think she may have wished it was a tad more windy as she really wanted to run with it and she had the most fun when it started b-lining for the ground. It was so exciting and provided a challenge to get that thing back up in the air.
My Grandma Tootie would've loved this afternoon - she loves kites. I remember her kite collection that included Chinese box kites and one of those dragon kites that was like 20 feet long. I can't remember if we ever flew those, though, but we had our fair share of kite flying afternoons.
Macy and Caitlin were thrilled to take their baths early in the morning for 8:30 church. They put on their dresses with pride - these girls would wear flower girl, Christmas and Easter dresses daily if their mom let them.
After church, I saw the Easter bunny and made the girls stay "out of sight" so he could drop off the goodies! They did a good job and came out to a beautiful yard full of "easy" eggs for Macy, and "challenging" eggs for Caitlin. It's so intriguing how the Easter bunny distinguishes which eggs are for whom and the kids never question it!
The kids displayed their collection and got their big Easter basket later. They had a great day. The weather cooperated and they got to be outside - their favorite thing in the world. With all of the technology and the games, I'm glad that's still the number one choice on a Saturday afternoon with no plans.