Wednesday, April 11, 2012

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.

Monday, April 9, 2012

There's no hiding it anymore...

While most tummies were filled with Easter eggs yesterday, mine was looking a lot rounder for another reason... We are very pleased to announce I am 3 months pregnant and looking forward to welcoming our baby in mid October.

This is the reason it has been so quiet here on my blog... Hopefully the morning sickness will subside soon and I will be back here more regularly. I hope you all had a lovely Easter and I look forward to sharing our Easter pics with you soon.