Easter 2014

We started our Easter celebrations the weekend before at our church egg hunt. Ty is an immediate child. Find the egg, eat the candy, then move on to the next one. But in all reality, he cared NOTHING about hunting eggs.  The other two however...

 It was serious business from start to finish. And Sister made friends with a bunny. She couldn't understand why we don't have a bunny at our house!

The next weekend on Good Friday we had a crawfish boil with a few friends. Nothing says spring like some mud bugs. It was such a beautiful sight!! They were de-lish. Compliments to Chef Kyle.

Our church service for Easter Sunday started at 8 a.m. We decided it might be better if Mr. Bunny made an earlier stop and we could enjoy those treats on Saturday morning instead.  As it turns out, the Easter Bunny's address is online! (Do what??) SO, we just popped a letter in the mail on Friday morning. And sure enough, he made his appearance on Friday night!

The kids were so excited!! And his coming early made absolutely no difference whatsoever.  This is a must for us for the future! But in true Crager fashion, Ty woke up with fever Saturday morning :( :( And he wasn't feeling the festivities. Collin and Brantlee spent all morning hunting eggs and playing outside in their new swimsuits.

Easter morning consisted of church and breakfast and then a huge gathering at Lolly and Poppy's later that afternoon.  So thankful we were able to get some good pictures of the kids that morning.  I'm really not sure how it happened to be honest!

All 10 great grands growing fast!!

It was a wonderfully beautiful day celebrating the Risen Savior! So thankful!

Brantlee's Big Day

April 11th was a very big day for Brantlee and Fischer. They had their K4 program and they had to register for big school... 5 year old kindergarten!! I can believe it's time for these two to finish preschool. Next year will be so different with them at different schools :( :( And at "big" school at that. Their program was precious of course. And I tried really hard not to be sad.... but excited instead. I know B is ready for bigger things!

Here she is all registered and ready! She walked right back for her screenings and I'm sure made friends with whoever it was that worked with her. She somehow talked one of the teachers (one she didn't even know) into walking her down to the 1st grade hall to see her brother and his class. I had no idea all this was going on while I filled out paperwork.  For some reason I think B is going to be just fine at big school :)

So, what else has been going on in April? Aside from Easter, here are a few things... 

 For the first time in a while neither child is involved in any extracurricular activity. Like nothing at all. So aside from going to church and school, these kids stay outside on their bikes (training wheel free!), scooters, treehouse and trampoline. We have to drag them inside for supper and bath time. I know it won't last long and will probably never happen again, so we have loved this calm time!

 A few weeks ago our dear friends Harrison and Hudson were in a production of Peter Pan. They were the best "lost boys" we've ever seen! So much fun!

We celebrated Mr. Crager aka "Big Paw Paw" at the nursing home with the whole crew. We were pretty well behaved I thought considering the location and circumstance. Notice Ty kicking and flailing in the picture because he just wasn't having it. But other than that...

Hopefully a long Easter post to come soon!