Carpe Weekend: Easter Wrap-up

It seems like keeping the kids eating healthy is a daily battle. So often they come home with candy from school or a birthday party. At home, we try to keep it as natural and unprocessed as possible, which is especially difficult around holidays like Easter. Last year I bought a natural Easter egg dye kit (Pottery Barn usually has them) but this year I procrastinated and they were sold out. So we made our own dye, using these instructions. Turmeric powder makes yellow, beets make red, and I used blackberries for a nice purple. Green comes from chlorophyll capsules, which we skipped because I couldn't find them. I'm sure they are at Whole Foods, but honestly, I didn't look very hard. And since they didn't jump off the shelf and into my cart by themselves, we didn't have any green eggs this year. Still, the final product turned out pretty good, especially the yellow.

On Saturday, we loaded up our basket for the traditional Polish blessing of the baskets. We had bread, sausage, and cheese. A baby food for Noah. Andrew threw in a chocolate bunny and a tomato. A little bit of everything made it in the basket!

Usually the kids have an Easter egg hunt after the blessing, but the weather was horrible - rain all day long. They skipped the hunt and just gave out the eggs to the kids. Andrew started in on a chocolate bunny, the first of many consumed over the weekend.

The Easter Bunny delivered more tasty treats and by Sunday the weather had improved enough for a little egg hunting in the front yard. Noah was more interested in throwing eggs out of his basket, actually.

More Easter treats before church! You need to wear shades to eat this much chocolate.

Noah is not a big fan of candy or chocolate, but he is a big fan of Andrew. He loves watching his big brother.

Taylor and I have our own Easter tradition - watching Chocolat. It's one of my favorites.

Easter weekend was rainy and cold, but the following weekend was great for working in the yard. And nothing makes Andrew happier than yard work, especially if it involves the truck, a shovel, and a wheelbarrow. He worked hard all day long and spread two truckloads of mulch. His reward was a nice dinner at Chick-fil-a and a bath.

Noah was doing his own heavy lifting...in the house. One of his favorite games is pulling all the clothes out of his drawers. This is almost as fun as pulling all of the DVDs out of the TV cabinet. Coincidentally, both of these are my least favorite games. (Look at him bending those knees! His physical therapist would be so proud.)