Easter was…

Well, it wasn’t relaxing. But, it wasn’t difficult either. Saturday, we got to sleep in…until about 9am. -Ish. Then, we headed over to the in-laws (I’m starting to hate that word. They are actually more like a second set of parents. I’m so lucky )

So, Lorelei sported one of her new dresses, and we went over there, ate, L got a basket, and we played…

Then, Saturday evening, we went to Ma and Pa’s (my grandparents, mom’s side). It was…tiring. The food and company was nice, but baby Elle hadn’t had a nap ALL DAY. So, it was one of those…you better be in my face playing with me giving me your 100% or I will be miserable moods. So, we played and bounced until I could no longer take it. Luckily her Mimi (my mom) came and “borrowed” her for a good hour and kept her happily occupied.

Sunday morning…church. Which, was quite interesting. We got their late by a few minutes. We sat in the back and baby Elle did pretty well. She tends to like when we go to the Baptist church (well, one in particular) because the music is more upbeat…and she LOVES music and dancing. But my Catholic Church…eh, not so much. Well, not the one that is local. I digress. Every time anyone left out the doors, she would say “bye bye bye!” (during the service… people had to go that way for bathrooms.) Then, she kept throwing toys. We did learn a very valuable lesson. Do not pack toys that roll. Because they will. All. The. Way. To. The. Front. Of. The. Church. The blue easter egg underneath a few pews up from us? Yeh, sorry…that was ours.

So, after church, we raced home, and I finished preparing my cake. I was using the opportunity to PRACTICE for L’s bday cake. I’m glad I did. The icing turned out to be a glaze. So, not at all what I expected. The cake was really good…but looked like my mixing bowl threw up allover the place. Bleh. I was ashamed to bring it. (I tried to make homemade cake AND icing – strawberry) And, then some family brought in some nifty little cupcakes with wedding type icing. So, I ask how I could make some icing similar. Turns out they wouldn’t tell. Top secret ingredients. Whatever. So, me and nifty google are on it. It wasn’t a challenge, but now it is. I’m going to make the coolest and bestest icing EVER. So there.

ANYWAYS, we ate some awesome food and had a great time. Baby L played with everyone and was pretty cute. She took her first step. But, then she wobbled over and was done. One step. That’s it. No more. She’s not a fan of walking. Do you think if I refuse to walk and wail, people will carry me around? I think I might try it out tonight. I’ll let you know how that goes.

My baby brother and baby L on Easter.

Playing with eggs.

Playing with Mimi and Gramps

That was our Easter!

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