Easter Morning...

 

 

We had a fun Easter morn, well after a while.  Michael woke up at about five in the morning trying to see if the Easter bunny had come yet.  Since it was still dark I told him to go back to bed!  By some miracle he actually did.  Then later he woke me up crying to say that the Easter bunny had forgotten him. You see the Easter bunny decided that since Michael is 8 he could look a little harder for his basket this year.  The Easter bunny put Owen's basket on his dining room chair and Michael's inside the dining room cabinet with the door ajar.  When Michael didn't find his he assumed the worst!  I told him we should make a thorough search before assuming such a thing.  All was well after he found it!

It's our tradition to have a foiled chocolate Easter egg hunt and so as soon as they woke up they started snitching them.  Especially Owen who was just beyond thrilled!  We laughed over the funny places the Easter bunny had chosen.  All day long they were spying eggs that they had not found earlier.

In addition to chocolate and a couple small toys they each found a special book beneath their basket, The Story of the Rabbit Children and The Story of King Lion both by Sibylle von Olfers.  Owen has gotten quite a kick out of all the interesting foods that the animals bring King Lion. They also found a fun new toy, the beautiful bunny play set featured above.  I've been eying Eve's Little Earthlings etsy shop for awhile now and was thrilled to win this set in a giveaway!  Her work does not disappoint,  this toy is made so beautifully. Little bunny is stuffed so solidly that it has a pleasing weight to it.  And her sewing is so artful and detailed right down to the leaves and moss that decorates the bag.  Both the boys were thrilled and added the two felt bunnies we made last year to make a family. 

For breakfast we had boiled eggs and ham of course, along with some yummy half wheat cinnamon rolls.  I have a large roll recipe and so I make dinner rolls and cinnamon rolls out of the same bread batter.  For our dinner rolls I thought it would be fun to make these bunny shaped rolls.  Well, pulling them out of the oven after baking I thought hmmm, what a transformation!  My cute bunny rolls had turned into little half Venus of Willendorfs.  She had "risen"! Wouldn't these be great rolls to make for a blessing way?!  My boys didn't notice but me and my husband thought it was pretty funny!  I'm thinking if I want to try bunny rolls next year I'll use a much softer dough.  Well, that was our Easter.  Did you celebrate Easter?  How was it?  

Until next time...