Easter 2011

Liliana was excited about Easter this year. For weeks leading up to Easter she would ask me, "when is that big bunny going to come to my house and leave me treats?" Many mornings I would hear her yelling on the monitor, "Mommmmmaaa....I am so 'AH-SITED'! Where are my Easter treats????"

Her first Easter event was visiting the mall Easter bunny. She literally ran up to him and jumped in his lap and said, "Hi Easter Bunny! Cute Tie!" with a big cheesy grin. We went close to closing time and there was NOBODY in line for about 30 minutes, so she had a lot of time to hang out with him. She sang multiple renditions of "Here Comes Peter Cottontail" and danced for the EB, she gave him a list of things that she wanted in her Easter basket with "pwincess rings" topping the list, and she asked him all sorts of questions like, "do you like carrots?", "what's your favorite color?", "do you know how to hop?", etc. She kissed his cheeks, his knee, his hand, and gave him tons of hugs. When we were getting ready to go she turned around and pointed her little finger at him and said, "oh yeah...I know you poop jelly beans!" because they show him doing that in the movie "Hop". Getting her to finally leave after her visit was difficult. She cried and yelled at us that she wanted to stay with the EB at the mall and told us that we could leave her there and go home.

The next part of our Easter celebration was to decorate Easter eggs. Liliana had fun and got messy with this project. Her little hands were, "Cinderella blue" for at least a day.

The Saturday before Easter we went to Pines Park for their annual Easter egg hunt complete with face painting, an Easter Bunny and petting zoo. We saw a lot of friends there and Liliana had a blast. She loved seeing her buddy the EB again and was in heaven with all of the treats she gathered. Afterwards we went and had lunch with the Ahmer family at the wharf. It was a beautiful day.

On Sunday, Liliana was excited to see her 2 Easter baskets filled with presents. She did another egg hunt outside before we got ready and headed over to the Gale's house for Easter brunch.

The kids got spoiled with 2 more Easter baskets there and another Easter egg hunt. It was fun to watch the kids go crazy with their new toys and tons of treats. At one point Liliana looked at me and said, "mom, I need some water. All this candy is di-gusting!" I guess she reached her limit.