Easter 2009

Now I know that the Easter Bunny is different at every house, so I'll tell you what our Easter Bunny does at the Borchert House. The night before, we leave our Easter Baskets out, filled with our dyed eggs and empty plastic eggs. Then we go to bed because the bunny never comes if we are awake (and the bunny checks!). While we are asleep, our bunny fills and hides the eggs and fills up our baskets with all kinds of goodies (sometimes toys, sometimes just candy). Then we wake up in the morning, look at our baskets and find all of the eggs that he hid!

Brennan's, Nolan's, and Ian's baskets~ can you guess which one is which?

Hidden eggs...

The only downside to this bunny is that Easter morning starts off so EARLY!! This year it was 6:30. Brennan and Nolan were the first ones up, followed shortly by Ian and Marissa. Micaela and Tara weren't to be seen until after 9. Brennan was super excited to get his basket and toys. Nolan had no idea what was going on, but could feel the excitement from Brennan so he was happy! After a quick peek at their baskets, it was driving Brennan nuts to see all of the eggs in the living room/kitchen/dining room and not be able to collect them. We let Nolan go first. It was a total repeat of the egg hunt... find a few, pick up a couple and then just walk away. Such a silly kid. Then came Brennan and Marissa. It was really fun to watch them run around, screaming and laughing. Totally worth the early hour!

The boys checking out their baskets.
"I can just reach it!"
Brennan and Marissa reaching for the same egg when there are still plenty to be found!

Then in traditional fashion, I made breakfast. French Toast, a real treat! The rest of the day was spent just lounging around playing until Easter Dinner. Usually I make ham (as tradition dictates), but I really wanted something different, so I made Tammy's Root Beer Roast, and it was a total hit! Dinner was followed by homemade caramel popcorn and a movie. What a great Easter!