Easter 2011

This year we decided to have one last Easter celebration at my parents house before they move! Maci was so excited to get started, but we had to wait on the rain...

While it was raining some of the kids decided to play upstairs in the pool room, but we just couldn't find Maci...

Surprise!
They finally got to hunt eggs.

Maci checking out her loot! She loves it when her Nana hides the eggs - they were ALL filled with money! When she opened an egg with a $5 in it she just said "ooohhhh cash"!

Loni brought a pinata and all the kids couldn't wait to take a crack at it. You can see how prepared we were for this... shower cap for a bandanna - check... broom stick for a bat - check!

Maci got tired of the shower cap over her nose, so the big kids agreed to let her take it off!

Take a look at the dinosaurs head... the sucker is huge right? Well after one of the big kids knocked it's head off, they all made sure that the little kids got plenty of candy... Maci came trooping into the house with that head FULL of candy... she's not spoiled even a little bit!

We had such a nice day, besides the weather. I'm a little sad that this will be our last celebration at my childhood home, but I know their new place will be just as amazing, if not more so. Thanks Mom and Dad for having Easter at your house one more time, for all the food and the "cash" eggs! We hope everyone had as good of a day with their family & friends as we did!

Another proud mommy moment...

I CANNOT believe I have not posted about this yet but a few weeks ago Maci started READING! I am still so amazed at how well she does in school and just how darn smart she is. She's an old pro now at reading her first book - Mac and Tab! She's moving onto her second book now! I'm so proud to be her mommy!

Hello Easter Bunny

Maci FINALLY got to see her old friend last week! She loves that bunny and has been looking so forward to seeing him/her again. I can tell that she is getting older by the questions that she asks though... Mom - how can that bunny stand up like that? Mom - is there a person inside that bunny? On and on... Thankfully Loni & JP were with us and their brain was much quicker than mine! JP told her that the Easter Bunny was magical and just like that the Q&A session ended! (For now at least)!
Her hair was curled so cute, but when we got to the mall the Easter bunny got sick so she/he had to leave for an hour and a half. By the time it finally came back Maci was back to being Messy Maci!

Easter also brought up other questions... one of her "friends" told her Santa wasn't real and that Jesus was SUPER HUGE! I hate that kids are already telling her about Santa. I want her to stay little longer. She also told me "Mama did you know that Jesus died on a cross for us??? And then he came back 3 days later, so all of his people were so happy that they washed his feet!" She cracks me up!