Easter 2012

Well it is Easter time again.  I can't believe how fast time has flown by.  I have to say that now that we have a child I enjoy holiday's a lot more.  Scott got off work this morning and so I bugged him trying to keep him awake.  Rachel got up at 7:45 and I was downstairs making our breakfast when she came down.  I got the casserole all put together and told her to go wake up her dad and we would got out to see if the Easter bunny showed up.  She was so excited to get Scott out of bed(he was only in it for about 20 minutes).  We headed outside to find eggs and presents.  Use this link to see the actually video:  Easter Morning

Needless to say you can tell in this video the wind is blowing and it was bitter cold.  So she only wanted to get her caterpillar and the 7 eggs she picked up and then was ready to come in the house. 

 Picking up her 7 eggs.  

 She found the caterpillar and wasn't really into picking up eggs at that point but we got her to pick up another one.

 A giant coloring book of princesses for her.

The 7 eggs we got the first time out.

 Playing with her caterpillar.  She really loved it so much.  She even started to pretend it was tickling her.  So funny. 

 I then took her into the living room and showed her what else the Easter Bunny left for the family.  Left to right:  Susan, Scott, & Rachel's.

 Alright so I turned around to pull the casserole out of the oven and when I turned back around she had grabbed her Cadbury egg and took a huge bite out of it.  This is the 1st time she has ever had one of them and I can safely say she likes them.   We had an Easter casserole(potato sausage) which ended up being pretty good.  Scott ended up going back to bed so he could get a couple hours of sleep before we went to church.  Rachel and I then went back outside and picked up the rest of the eggs.  Of course it was still pretty cold out there.

Picking up Eggs again.  

This time we finished picking up the eggs even though it was so cold outside.

This is how many Easter eggs she got to pick up.  

Yes she made a haul but that's what happens when your an only child.  :-)

Now it's time to open the eggs.  Every time she opened one she tried to eat everything that was in the egg.  I had to stop her so she didn't do that.

 Eating a chocolate egg.  Yummy these are really good.

 Opening eggs.  She did awesome at sorting this year.  She put the candy in the candy bowl, made a pile for her coins, and then put the empty eggs back in her basket.  She is growing and understanding by leaps and bounds.

Yep a bowl full of candy from the Easter Bunny's eggs and a pile of coins for my piggy bank.

 Laying down on the Caterpillar to put her money in her piggy bank.

And we can't forget the new Easter Dress.  She has been so excited to have a new dress.  We got her pictures taken at Target but the pictures won't be back until next Tuesday so this is the best we can do for taking a picture of her dress.

So we headed to church and it was a really rough day at church.  None of the kids were very reverent.  I even took my primary class outside to let them run around because they wouldn't settle down.  So we  got home and Rachel watched the living scriptures and played with her toys.  She was not allowing me to cook dinner and so I finally told her to just go take a nap. So the next thing I know this is how I found her.  Yep sound asleep on the floor.

Man playing and having fun on a holiday is hard work.  She doesn't just zonk out on the floor usually so this was quite a shock to see.  I love this little girl though she sure does keep us guessing.

It "Freakin" hurts

So Rachel is being very stubborn with potty training.  I really wish she would stop fighting me and just do it but that is just Rachel and her being independent so I've stopped pushing it.  So needless to say tonight she told me that her bum hurt.  I was trying to get her to get ready for bed.  So I told her as soon as she got her toys picked up we would change her bum.  Well by the time she finished cleaning up her toys she was crying and I was feeling so bad.  So we went to change her bum and she of course was freaking out because she knew what was coming with the hurting just changing her.  Yep she is completely broken out again.  I hate that "acidic" poop that she has.  So as I was holding her and trying to comfort her after this ordeal of trying to get her cleaned up she said to me, "My bum freakin hurts!"  I just about died rolling on the floor with laughter.  It just was so funny coming out of a 3 year olds mouth.  This is the first time I have ever heard her say this also so it was a shocker.  Here's a video of her saying it just so you can see how funny it sounds.

Dying Easter Eggs 2012

So I almost forgot about having to dye eggs.  So I hurried to cook some eggs and then after Scott went to work Rachel and I worked on dying the eggs.  She's not into it very much.  I think I could have forgotten about it and she would have been fine. I gave her the crayon to color on the eggs but because you couldn't see where it was actually putting anything she didn't think it was working.  We ended up just putting them in the color and then putting stickers on them.  I did try the shrinking pieces of paper onto the egg and realized after I dipped them in the boiling water it takes the dye off the egg.  So not very successful at this whole dying Easter eggs but we attempted it.

 Using the "magic crayon" to write on the eggs.  She didn't like this because it didn't look like it was doing anything and so she got frustrated.

 So on to the stickers.  Something you can actually see.

 My Heart egg that I made with the "magic crayon".  

 All our eggs that we colored.

 I ended up putting the wraps on these eggs.  This is the first time I've ever done them.  They were cool. Even though it took the dye color off my eggs.  :-(

 Yes you better believe it I made a sports egg.  he he he

This is our dozen of eggs.  Turned out okay and was fun to do just before Rachel had to go to bed.  She did end up cracking several of them just by putting them on the counter.  She didn't understand that she had to be "soft" with them.

Where's Rachel

The other night I went in to check on Rachel and when I saw this I thought oh I have to get a picture of this.  She is so funny because depending on how long she is in her room before she falls asleep sometimes all the stuffed animals end up in bed with her.  So this is like "Where's Waldo" except it's "Where's Rachel".  

And a close up so you can see her just a little bit easier.  :-)