Easter Hoppenings...

The kids woke up bright and early this past Sunday morning to see what the Easter bunny had left for them. Of course the first thing the boys found were their Easter baskets stocked full of candy and 2 movies for each of them. Aaron was so excited about Alvin and the Chipmunks the Squeakquel, he took it right out of his basket and wouldn't left go of it for a second. Here they are showing off some of their goodies...

Alexis was more reserved with her basket. She didn't try to take anything out, and instead just held on tight to the WHOLE thing. I think she has come to realize that unless she holds on tight to something cool she may get, her brothers will try to snatch it!

After the kids viewed all the sweets in their baskets, it was on to the egg hunt! Since the kids are still little, the Easter bunny tries to keep all the eggs out in the open forthem to find easily. Perhaps next year he will try to give them more of a challenge... hehe.   Andrew finding a couple eggs...

Austin hitting the jackpot in eggs...

Even Aaron put his new movie down long enough to find a few...

The boys with their collection of findings...

After all those festivities were over, I quickly got the kids dressed in their Easter outfits and took a few snapshots before heading off to church... 

Sweet sibling love...

Andrew had already known the reason for celebrating Easter, but Austin really had no idea. So to make it easy for him and even Aaron to understand, I bought the kids an Easter movie and Resurrection Eggs that help tell the story of Jesus' death. I was really impressed with how quickly Austin caught on and was able to remember what each figurine in the eggs meant. As much as I love doing the whole Easter bunny with baskets and eggs thing, I want to make sure they are aware of the true reason we celebrate this great holiday... Jesus dying for our sins and being resurrected from the dead to live in Heaven with God until He comes again for us.