Easter Day

This year, we decided that the Easter Bunny would come on Saturday so that Sunday morning wasn't spent running around getting ready for church. The girls woke up Saturday to find a jelly bean trail from their room to their baskets. Chloe didn't care about her basket or the hiding eggs, she just ate the beans as she went! Niah got a princess camera, some rain boots for mud season, a baseball glove with a velcro ball so she can learn to play catch, and some shorts for the summer. Chloe got a Tinkerbell camera, some binkis, and a new summer outfit. The girls had fun finding all of the hidden eggs. Friday night at 11:00 I realized that I didn't have a new tape for our video camera. I was really stressed about not having 'Easter morning' on tape. I layed in bed for a while and couldn't sleep because of it, so I got up and decided to go to the grocery store to buy some tapes. Bryan had already fallen asleep so I woke him and told him I was leaving. He acknowledged me so I thought he would take care of the girls if they woke up. The next morning Bryan woke me up early and said, "Do you want me to go buy some tapes before the girls wake up?" I told him I already did and he said, "When?" He didn't remember anything so I'm glad the girls didn't wake up or they would have been all alone!! (I'm not sure that story is that important but I threw it in anyway!) Chloe had a fever but she was happy and having fun with her eggs and baskets.
Instead of taking pictures of the girls in their cute Easter dresses, I took pictures of them laying on the couch sick. Yep, Niah came down with a fever Saturday afternoon and Chloe still had her fever. Needless to say, our Easter didn't turn out as planned. Bryan stayed home with the sick girls while I went to church alone. I have never been to church alone in my life- it was really weird!! We spent Easter watching movies and laying around with the girls. We all had cabin fever at the end of the day so we went on a drive. It was a pretty uneventful day for the Masons.
Bryan was a very good dad and took good care of the girls all day long. Chloe wanted him more than me yesterday, which never happens!! B is such a great daddy and husband.
In this picture Chloe was trying to tell me she needed more juice. All she would eat was juice and jelly beans!
We hope everyone had a great Easter.

Egg Hunts

We had fun this year at Easter egg hunts. Our student housing community had an egg hunt last weekend for the kids. Niah had a lot of fun with her friends. Niah was a little timid and shy at first but by the end she was really getting into it. Chloe just wanted to go outside and play, even though it was freezing cold. Here is Niah and some of her friends hunting for eggs. The second egg hunt was at Bryan's school. All of the med student families come to it and they give away awesome prizes! Chloe woke up the night before with a fever so Bryan stayed home with her and Niah and I went to the egg hunt. Some of the eggs had numbers written on them and at the end you turn the eggs in for your prize. Niah got a rake and shovel set and a tube thing that you spin and it makes noise (I'm not sure what it's called!). There were different stations that you could do activities at. Niah got a bunny painted on her cheek and a butterfly tattoo on her hand. She had a lot of fun! I felt really bad leaving Chloe at home, she would have had a great time.