{ easter 2014 }

To say that Oliver and Stella were excited for the Easter Bunny to visit would be an understatement. They chatted it up for quite some time before the holiday came and were sad once it was over asking "Is tomorrow not Easter anymore?".

They awoke to find a letter from the Easter Bunny telling them that they had to find their baskets in the house and the egg hunt would take place after brunch. And off they went to find the baskets.

Once they discovered their baskets, they were thrilled to find Crocs (which I finally buckled and got them after not last year and having them whine for a year about wanting them!), new Legos (no more giant Duplo size!), sippie cups, and "running" clothes.

They got right to work building their new Lego sets.

Then it was time to get cleaned up for brunch. Stella was of course more than happy to put on a nice while Oliver was anything but happy to put on a pair of pants that didn't have an elastic waist!

I also pulled out some major bribery to get some pics of them together. I would call it a success!

Once things went downhill, we called it quits.

And then we were off to Grand Cafe for brunch.

Chop and I quickly snuck away from brunch and left Oliver and Stella with Grandpa and Uncle Shawn to bring them home so we could get back and hide the eggs. They wasted NO time in starting their search when they got home. 

And then of course the highlight was actually opening the eggs to see what surprises the bunny brought.

As if that wasn't enough excitement, we had also been holding out on giving them new bikes. They were each earning cotton balls in a jar each day for different things (Stella staying in her bed at night and Oliver wearing his glasses). I spent a few weeks scouring Craigslist for the perfect bikes (size, price, etc.) and scored what we were looking for.

Oliver isn't quite ready to be riding a two wheeler but we aren't planning to put the training wheels on and are hoping he can ride his balance bike a bit to improve his balance before tackling the two wheeler.

I have major bike envy of the bike we got for Stella. It is a new age retro cruiser and we pimped it out with a matching bell and streamers.

It is a size up from the two wheeler she rode last summer and is a tad too big for her. She had a hard time riding it by herself and immediately got discouraged and wants nothing to do with it. Fingers crossed she changes her mind in the coming months!

Overall it was a beautifully, blessed Easter Sunday!