Easter - 2025

On the night before Easter, Jimmy, fresh from his shower, set to work setting out a plate of veggies for the Easter Bunny and making sure that each of the kids' baskets were placed on a table to (hopefully) be filled by morning.

When the kids awoke, they found a letter with directions instructing them to begin their outside easter egg hunt first.  

Ready and anxious to begin:

A little chilly but given the later date of this year's holiday (April 20th), it was not as cold as it has been in the past:

The grass is starting to show a little bit of green.

And boots were definitely recommended.

After gathering all of their respectively-colored eggs (green for Sam, pink for Sophia, yellow for Jack and blue for Jimmy), they headed inside to reveal details for the scavenger hunt.

Back inside to open their eggs.  Some of the eggs contained words that needed to be put together to collectively reveal the location of Clue #1.  

Solving Clue #1, led the kids to Clue #2.  

And this continued on for a total of 24 clues ...

Eventually, they found that their baskets -- no longer on the table where Jimmy had left them the night before -- were hidden in the back of my van in the driveway.

In the end, it was a LONG scavenger hunt but well worth the drawn-out suspense.  As the kids get older, I am always looking for ways to keep the holidays exciting and this definitely worked!

Easter Egg Coloring - 2025

We decided to color eggs the day before Easter this year.  We had a limited window of time to do so because Sam was scheduled to work and we wanted to help at the annual Easter Egg Hunt down at our subdivision park.  (Jimmy was still planning to do the hunt but the older kids were scheduled to simply assist).

Jack did the honors of helping to set up the colors while I set out four dozen hard-boiled eggs: 1 dozen for each one of the kids.

This is a yet another tradition that I hope we continue as long as possible; even when Sam heads off to college next year.

The creative juices were flowing the whole time.

Sophia is very intentional with her designs and opted for some rubber gloves to protect her hands (and beautiful nails) from the dye.

Sam was dressed and ready to head to her job at the local winery once she finished with her eggs.

The obligatory group shot:

So many colors!

Sophia continued working on her intricate designs ...

... and Sam finished in just enough time to make it to work down the road for her shift!