Busy, Busy Easter

Well, the title pretty much sums up our Easter- BUSY! I'm becoming one of those working moms who CRAMS as much into our days off to make up for the time I am at work. UGH, I can get into my ruts (like now) so I'll change the subject before this becomes a WHOLE topic.  Easter was SO much fun this year. I'm sure that will happen more and more every year as he gets older. Our whole month was full of Easter FUN! I think the eggs were his FAV- real and plastic! I'm STILL finding them everywhere around the house and we can't walk through the Egg aisle at the grocery store without him screaming EEGGGGGG!!

Ryder has his 1st little Easter Egg Hunt at Baby Kate's Birthday! Stupid ME thought it started at 1 and we were an HOUR EARLY. Ryder was GREAT the 1st hour while NO ONE was there but became SO restless toward the end. We were doing several laps UP AND DOWN a set of stairs just to keep him happy- THIS BOY EXHAUSTS ME! The Easter Egg Hunt was a SUCCESS! He is a HUGE FAN of piling things into a bucket, dumping it and starting over so this was right up his alley. I'm not sure the other kids got many eggs because of Ryder, haha, oops.... and once he figured out there was CANDY inside, I was in trouble. I think I opened 20 eggs in the car on the way home!

Family Pic

Our day just isn't complete without at least ONE MELTDOWN!

Baby Kate, the birthday girl!

And, he has DISCOVERED they are filled with CANDY!

Already planning their wedding.....

AND NOW FOR OUR EASTER BUNNY PICTURE 2012......
Yes, that's a split screen of Ryder POUTING because of his FEAR of adults dressed in animals! My mom took him and she obviously has a much bigger heart than I do. I would have opted for the CRYING/SCREAMING look!

HUGE difference from my sweet and brave boy last year! Look at how little he is and I'm dying over that sweet, angel face!

We dyed eggs the night before Easter. It was not only RYDER'S 1st time but it was DADDY'S 1st time too. I know that sounds weird but his fam didn't really celebrate holiday's like others which is fine, just have to be the one to show him the ropes. I'm definitely throwing a lot of my traditions at him and can see that look of confusion! HAHA! I always remember dying eggs with my Step dad, Ron the night before Easter. I always remember my mom working and he always took the time to make the holidays special. I guess that's why I'm always wanting to pass them down to Ryder. My childhood seemed so "magical" and happy, cheesy but it was!

Dying Eggs just turned into him grabbing eggs and trying to pile as many as he could into the tiny cups! Of course, a few ended up cracked and broken on the floor. He doesn't want help with ANYTHING, very independent.Wonder where he gets that from?!?! HA!

NOTE: I do not wear heels while doing "Kid Activities". I walked in the door from work and literally have a 2 hour window to do EVERYTHING I need and want to do with him!

Love this sweet picture!

UH-OH!

One of many broken eggs!

I actually found Ryder's sweet, little Easter JamJam's from last year and wondered if they would still fit. They were insanely BIG last year and I remembered rolling the pants and sleeves up so they would fit. Shockingly they did fit again this year! It's scary at how much he has changed yet still looks so much the same.

 I had to include this picture. He was dancing! This totally captures the silly boy I am around all the time. He is always trying to make me laugh. What a sweet spirit he has. True blessing!

We woke up Easter morning to give Ryder his Easter Bunny goodies of CANDY, BUBBLES and a new pair of TOMS! He is absolutely OBSESSED with bubbles right now! He probably says it about 100 times a day. He knows where all my bubble hiding places are and will literally pull me by my arm while saying BubBub.

 I kind of went completely overboard with his little suit this year. Having a boy is easy on the wallet so I had to splurge a little this year. I was IN LOVE with this little ties that I had made from ETSY! My little man looked like such a BIG BOY! Broke my heart!
We went to church, brunch at Cockadoo's then The Peabody to watch the DUCKS! We had a BLAST and think we have made a Peabody Easter tradition! He was passed out last year we went so watching him try and attack the ducks this year was pure entertainment!

This was him SCARED of the ducks and Daddy LAUGHING!

After a little warming up, he was all but jumping in with the ducks!

Daddy caught this sweet moment walking to Brunch!

Family Pic Easter 2012

THE DAY WASN'T OVER! We still had Easter with Nana and PawPaw!

Ryder had ANOTHER Easter Hunt with his cousin Emily. It was her 1st Easter Hunt and she LOVED it. We had to hide the eggs OVER AND OVER for her. She was too cute!

PawPaw opening Eggs for Ryder!

We always get DIRTY at Nana and PawPaw's so a change of clothes is ALWAYS a must! AND notice he is playing with his BUBBLE MACHINE! Obsessed......