Easter

We celebrated Easter with just the three of us at home in Charleston and started it off right with warm cinnamon rolls just like we had as kids.  While reminiscing we wondered if Colin will one day fight with his siblings over who gets to have the yummy center piece.

After breakfast it was time for Colin to dig into his Easter basket.  The Easter Bunny knew exactly what he wanted and filled his basket to the brim!

Given Colin's fondness for baskets filled with toys we were pretty sure he would have a blast.

He immediately spotted Elmo and got right to work trying to free him from the basket....

"Oh man, this is harder than it seems."

At last, after at least two full minutes, he finally rescued Elmo from the basket! 

He then proceeded to play with Elmo for a good five minutes before venturing back into the basket for some more goodies...

After taking out all of his gifts from the Easter Bunny, Colin was left with one extra special gift from Nana and Grandpa.

"Wow, thanks for this awesome paper! Paper is my favorite. No really it is."

"Oh wait, the present isn't paper?  It's my very own special Easter Egg complete with my name!  Even better than paper!! Thank you Nana and Grandpa!"

All the Easter basket festivities tired Colin out!  After a refreshing nap, he was ready to go again and we were off to church, dressed in our Easter best.

 

It was an absolutely gorgeous day and we were so excited to have mass outside.

 

After a beautiful service we had a relaxing day back at home baking a ham and preparing for dinner.  Because of the wonderful weather we figured we'd eat outside.  Unfortunately, we just could not handle the bugs who were totally digging our glazed ham and carrots.  Poor Colin was covered in nats!  Just after I snapped this shot we performed our very own Chinese fire drill to our places inside.

Ahh, much better! 

We were so thankful to have Daddy home for yet another holiday and to enjoy it together with our little family.