I think vacation knocked our boys out because both boys slept in until around 7:30 a.m. on Easter morning. This gave me and Ryan the chance to ease into the day a bit and I sipped my coffee and assembled the boys’ Easter baskets while Ryan hid eggs around our family room and living room.
Once Chase and Ryder were up, the egg hunt began!
(FYI, for those with slim kids, Chase is wearing the Old Navy jeggings I always rave about in the above photo. They are THE BEST jeans for smaller kiddos and pull on and off easily. They’re marketed as girls’ jeggings but are definitely unisex.)
We do a ton of seek-and-find games around our house because Chase loves to search for hidden “treasures” so it felt like he had been training for this year’s egg hunt for months. Chase ran around the house gathering the eggs and Ryan and I agreed that next year’s egg hunt needs to be a little more challenging!
Chase loved opening his eggs — the Easter bunny filled them with jellybeans, loose change for the piggy bank Chase made at school, superhero tattoos and firetruck stickers — and our whole family filled up on jellybeans and chocolate bunnies for breakfast.
Ryder was way more into playing with the plastic eggs than he was his Easter basket this year and we still have yet to put the eggs away because they’re his new favorite thing.
Ryder is now pulling himself up and crawling all over the place and I am finding myself feeling almost weepy on a daily basis when I think about how fast he’s growing. He will be ONE in less than two months and I feel like our baby days are numbered. I was oddly emotional when Chase turned one and I sense the same thing is going to happen with this joyful little dude, too. Cue all the mom tears!
After plenty of egg-playing time, we got ourselves together and piled into the car and head off to church.
The service was a good one and helped our family focus on the meaning behind the special day.
We arrived home more than ready for a heartier breakfast and I made pancakes for our crew to dig into while Ryder took his morning nap.
I also hardboiled a dozen eggs with the intent to do some egg dying on Easter but that never ended up happening because we were all more interested in spending as much time as possible outside. We majorly lucked out with the weather on Easter! It was sunny and temperatures hovered in the upper 60s. Springtime perfection!
Ryder’s face in the above picture kills me! I swear if he’s not giving his brother his biggest, gummiest smile, he’s looking at him like, “Seriously, what the heck are you doing!?” And Chase’s face is straight mischief with his monster stick! Even Sadie steered clear of him with that one.
We spent most of the afternoon at the park in our neighborhood before swinging by the grocery store to pick up some necessities for the week and the fixings for a super fancy Easter dinner — grocery store sushi and peanut butter and jelly sandwiches.
So far this week we’ve been slowly getting back into our normal routine. I love, love, love vacation but it also feels good to return to a bit of normalcy around here. I hope you’re all having a great Tuesday so far!
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You have a beautiful family!
Happy Easter!
Thank you, Vera! Right back at you! <3 Thank you for sending me pics of your precious little ones!
You capture your family in photos SO WELL! Beautiful.
So sweet of you to say — thanks so much, Crystal!
Where is the gorge blue and cream rug from?!
Lowe’s! I ordered it on Black Friday and the brand is Safavieh! 🙂
It looks like you had a fun and laid back Easter! Thanks for sharing about the Old Navy jeggings! My son is almost 3.5 and he keeps growing but not gaining weight and the struggle is real to find clothes that don’t look baggy on him. He only seems to care about playing and not eating (I know I’ve seen similar comments on your blog about Chase before, too!). Only asking for my own interest, not to be judge-y :), but what does your pediatrician say about Chase’s size? We had one pediatrician think it was fine that our son is so slender and when we saw a new pediatrician they thought we needed to go to a nutritionist. My momma instincts tell me that I know my son eats well and is just super duper active and not really into food….just wondering about another mom’s experience.
And by “eating well” I mean – he eats 3 meals (albeit sometimes small) a day plus snacks all of which are mostly healthy food, and doesn’t ever really ask for any other food throughout the day.
Yes! That is absolutely Chase! Food is never a big interest of his and play is absolutely the top priority!Our pediatrician has always been wonderful about chase’s weight. He says that as long as he is growing on his own little curve and growing that he is not concerned. It really can be a struggle to find clothes that fit slim kiddos! Old Navy is definitely a go to for me for their slim fit pants and jeggings!
Looks like it was a beautiful holiday and the boys’ smiles light up the room! They look like they both enjoyed themselves!
Cute Nike sweatshirt! Do you have a link? Thanks!
Happy Easter! Our babies are almost the exact same age to the day, and I’m also starting to get a little emotional when I think of how quickly he’s approaching the one-year mark. My second kid aged WAAAAAY faster than my first—it’s crazy!
Also, I totally buy boys’ shorts for my daughter because they’re longer than the girls shorts and offer a bit more protection, so I’m all for unisex clothing!
Great Easter family photo!! Love Chase’s ninja turtle basket! So fun!! Funny story – we told our daughter one time that ninja turtles live down the drains in the bathroom and down the drain in the bathtub as a joke, and now she always points them out and swears ninja turtles are down there!
Haha!! Aw! Ryan bought that basket for him last year and of course he wanted to use that one over the adorable little Easter chick one Mom picked out. Haha! 🙂
Well of course! Dad is way cooler! 😉
I would love to know all of the fun stuff you put in the Easter baskets for the boys! Considering I’m the mom who procrastinated shopping for stuff at the last minute *face palm*, I vowed that next year I’d plan ahead. You always have such thoughtful and creative ideas for celebrations of every kind. ?
lol me too!!! thank goodness for target!
OMG their faces in that last pic. Hilarious!
i just love you julie, I really do! You have SUCH joy about you! and you’re so genuine! it radiates. Keep doing your thing girlfriend