Easter 2012

I was thrilled when Livvie brought her Easter basket home from school last week... I remember making one just like it when I was in Kindy!

In the lead-up to Easter, Nick and I gave the girls a Bunny night-light each;

The girls were quite certain these bunnies reported back to the Easter Bunny himself, so they have been pretty well-behaved lately!

On Easter Sunday, we gathered at Nanny and Grandpa's for lunch and the Great Annual Easter Egg Hunt.

Nick's Mum had made a beautiful new wreath for her front door;

So beautiful! The girls came bearing gifts and handmade cards...

Nanny is a good sport about it all...

We gave her two little clay chicks to add to her collection of Easter decorations.

She always has a pretty Easter tree....

And a springtime table;

We enjoyed a delicious Roast for lunch;

Followed by yummy Pavlova and Raspberry Cheesecake;

Then, just when we thought the children's tummies might be full (they weren't... never are!) ~ it was time for the Easter Egg Hunt!

The littlies search for medium-sized eggs, while the big cousins searched for the tiny ones (to make it a bit harder for them!)...

This year we included plastic eggs...

Filled with puffy and sparkly stickers...

(This gave the little ones a little activity to do after the hunt; they sat down and decorated their plastic eggs with the stickers)

It was so much fun watching them run around and find all the eggs!

They each had quite a stash by the end...

What a lovely tradition and a beautiful day!

I hope you had a lovely Easter too!

Thank you also, for your warm wishes for our baby ~ it's so nice to finally be able to share the news with everyone.