Easter Morning

After all of our fun in Thatcher, we didn't get home until almost 11 o'clock on Saturday night (thanks to the awful car crash on the reservation).  After unloading the kids and the car, I scrambled around to set up for Easter the next morning.

This year I totally stole this idea from 71 Toes and strung yarn all over our house.  The kids Easter baskets were tied to the end and the beginning was tied to their bed or nightstand.  When the kiddos woke up, they had to follow the string to the end in order to find their treats. 

It was pretty sweet.  Also, I stayed up until almost 2 am setting it up.  So worth it.

 

Good morning, Mr. Wyatt!

 

Yeah, he loved having his picture taken first thing in the morning.

This year I decided to cut waaay back on the contents of their baskets.  Usually I get them an outfit, flip flops, sunglasses, a hat, some outside toys, candy... yeah.  A little overboard.  I am also just plain tired of spending so much money on things that we don't need.

Since my kids already have a ton of clothes, I scratched that off the list.  Also, they get their new Easter finery (for some reason I've never actually made that a part of their baskets).  Porter has at least three pairs of sunglasses and the girls have lost at least that many in the past year, so I scratched that.  We don't need any more hats (no one really wears them), and most of the outside toys get left on the lawn to get showered on by the morning sprinklers.  They ended up with Peeps (it wouldn't be Easter without 'em), a chocolate bunny, a Cadbury egg, a water gun and an outside toy.  The girls each got a Skip-It, Porter a football, and Wyatt a plastic bug that rolls around and blows bubbles. 

Wyatt liked the yarn.

And yes, you're right:  Piper is not looking like her chipper self.   In fact, almost an hour after this pic was taken, she was puking into our family's official throw-up bowl.

And the Easter Morning Breakfast table.

Whit came over for Easter dinner and we spent the day cooking.  No pictures since I was also taking care of the kids lying on the couches.

As I have mentioned a couple times, we played a game of Sickie Dominoes that morning.  Piper was the first down, Adi held out until after lunch, next was myself right about dinner time, then Porter at bedtime and finally poor lil' Wyatt.  It was horrible.

I am fortunate enough to have the bestest sister and bro-in-law in the whole world.  When Wyatt started throwing up, I called Orrin up at work crying, telling him that there was no way I could take care of all these sick children by myself when I felt as truly crappy as I did.  He called Whitney and Chris and they came over and, after changing the sheets on my bed, swept the older three kids up and took them for the night.  I was left with Wyatt (who just wanted to sleep and drink water) and myself to take care of.  Seriously, Whit and Chris:  I love you guys. 

Here's a pic from their night:

Also, we thanked Whitney or her help by passing on the bug to her.