- Alleluia, He is RISEN! -

Wednesday, April 24, 2019

- Alleluia, He is RISEN! -

Despite our current state of chaotic living, the 5-years-and-going-strong-tradition of visiting the [free] Easter Bunny at Wal-Mart did NOT make its way off the agenda:

Scarlett was not scared even a tiny bit, and Harper was puzzled as to "why the Easter Bunny doesn't get sweaty inside those hot clothes?" ...'Tis just another mystery of Easter weekend, my friend. Both kids grabbed a goodie out of the candy basket and Emma had her turn on E.B.'s sweaty lap before we made a dash for it.

Next! Whoever thinks 'dat Easter Bunny has a hand up on this mama needs to reevaluate! ...Thank goodness for #theofficelife and #legitlunchbreaks because egg-stuffing at home would've been immmmm-possible.

Then! The girls enjoyed an amazing kids + moms + grandmas egg hunt at Suzanne's house:

...and woke up to another house full of surprises on Easter morning! Harper was up at 12:28am on Easter morning dashing around the house and marveling at all the goodies. Brian conned her back to her bed "because we have to wait for Sissy to wake up [in like.............7 more hours]" and soooo very luckily, she fell back asleep with two handfuls of candy and the LOL Surprise that the E.B. left in her basket. Phew.

But! 7:35am had us like:

Everyone was thrilled with the Bunny's generosity! Scarlett's world is forever colored after she downed her first fun-sized pack of M&Ms, and there have already been many-a-fits thrown when she spots a piece of chocolate from afar and is then denied the goods.

All sugared up, we headed off to Mass...

...where Harper colored quietly and behaved perfectly, and Scarlett stayed successfully in the pew until the homily [progress!] and then retreated to the hallway screaming and flailing. A+ for Harper, D for Scarlett.