We had a very busy and very fun Easter weekend. Most of Saturday was spent getting ready for Easter. (Well, after Nicholas and I spent an hour and a half playing at the public library in the morning.) Nicholas helped me make the batter for the bunny cake and then learned the wonders of licking beaters.
The prep was fun, but for some reason the cake completely fell apart when I tried to dump it out of the pans. I have neither the creativity nor the domestic ingenuity to be able to turn this mess into a bunny cake.
So I did what any desperate woman would do . . . I baked another cake. And this one turned out much better:
But since I couldn't waste a perfectly good cake, we had two Easter cakes:
And then, because we are a little bit crazy, we let Nicholas help dye Easter eggs. Here is the video of the first couple minutes of the adventure.
Nicholas did a really good job overall. There was one egg, however, where we got complacent and didn't remind him "gentle, gentle, gentle" the whole time as he put it in and he started to set it in nicely and then suddenly lifted it up and dropped it in, splashing green dye everywhere. Using the muffin tins instead of the mugs for him worked incredibly well because he could just roll the eggs around in the dye. His hands got pretty gross, but I was able to get all the color off before church this morning, so no harm.
Today he woke up to discover that the Easter bunny had brought him a basket. And man did that boy dive after the chocolate. In this video I was trying to get him to talk about the Easter bunny and what he got, but as you can see, he only had interest in one thing:
I never got around to buying Nicholas an Easter outfit and had come to accept that he was going to wear a polo shirt and khaki cargo pants. Then I remembered the box of hand-me-downs that we hadn't broken into yet because it was all 2T stuff and mostly summer wear (hand-me-downs from a cousin who lived in Texas). And sure enough, in that box was this snazzy suit, perfect for Easter:
Doesn't he look cute? Here he is with his Daddy after church:
Because we were in the hall for the family mass and Joe was cantoring, after everyone had left Nicholas was allowed to play the piano for a minute.
Seriously, look at that form!
Although I personally think it is the shoes that make this picture.
This afternoon Nicholas woke up to a delightful surprise--Grandma, Grandpa, Uncle Andrew, and cousin Mary were here! We then went outside to have an Easter egg hunt. And Nicholas got really into it. Holidays are getting so much more fun as he gets older.
Mommy with her little boy:
The Easter bunny brought Nicholas some balloons in his basket, so after everyone left we played with balloons for a bit.
There are a couple videos of our balloon play, as well as a bunch more pictures of the weekend in the April Gallery.
Easter awesomeness! VERY cool!
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