Easter 2009

Apparently I can only blog once a month now, and that's ok. I am still working full time, dealing with kitchen construction, not sleeping, spring allergies... I am still keeping up with Project 365 (a picture for everyday) which is being printed and added to the album for the year - so the documentation exists, just not the blogging - and I'm fine with that.


Juliana was quite pleased with her Easter bucket (I refuse to buy baskets, when buckets are so useful and much cheaper). She received a book, craft projects, bubble machine and bubbles, littlest pet shop toys, glitter pencils, a little bit of chocolate, and chap stick. Upon finding the chap stick at the bottom of the bucket, she annouced - this is just what I wanted for Easter :)























She looked adorable in her dress and white sweater and we managed to survive Easter this year without a winter coat! She even left the bow in her hair for several hours - usually she is not a fan of hair accessories. And her dress came with a matching dress for her doll Missy Missy Rose (yes, that's 2 Missys). I dropped her off at church with Nonni for the morning.

Easter

We started Easter Day with 8:00 am church. While I was getting everything ready to go, I put Little Einsteins on to keep her occupied and snapped this picture of Juliana sitting calmly all ready for church.

After service we visited with friends and Juliana enjoyed a cupcake. She also showed us how to hop like a bunny.

When we got home she worked on her new Princess Jasmine puzzle with Daddy.

Then I tried to get a nice picture of Juliana in her Easter dress.

She got an Easter bucket from Mommy and Daddy with paint, paint brushes, band-aids, play-doh, and a few treats. I love the picture of her sitting with her legs crossed and her shoes picking out from her dress.

After lots of playtime, Juliana finally took a nap. Then we had Easter dinner at our house with Scott's parents, my parents and Aunt Nancy. Yummy dinner and desert, Juliana spent most of the dinner running around the living room. She was still so wound up after dinner that we sent her outside with G to run around before her bath and bedtime.

Easter Dress Preview

I haven't had time to sort through the 100+ pictures from Easter to find the good ones. Hopefully I will get through them and post in the next day or two. I tried to take a nice picture of Juliana in her Easter Dress - here's some photos of what happens when I want Juliana to hold still for a picture. This is typical of recent photo shoots - the St. Patrick's Day picture - 15 photos and multiple breaks plus a snack to achieve that one good picture.

Easter Eggs

Friday morning, Juliana, Daddy, Mommy and Nonni dyed Easter Eggs. Juliana got right into it by coloring her first egg with the crayon with scribbles. She started out using the egg holder to move the egg around and was very intent on the process. Later on she just used her hands and they were a lovely shade of green-blue by the time we were done.

Thanks Easter Bunny!

In this case - Thanks Uncle Nick and Aunt Becky! Juliana loved her surprise box of Easter treats. She had lots of fun pulling the packing materials out and scattered the packing peanuts along the hallway. She wanted to eat the cookie right away :)

Easter Sunday

We woke up early to get to church at 8:00. Juliana is teething and has a cold so she was a bit on the fussy side all day. Juliana wore her new sleeveless Easter dress and white shoes. She was so happy with the shoes! It was snowing so she also had to wear a sweater over it and her winter coat and hat.

After church Juliana played with her Easter bucket and then she and Scott had naptime.

Then we went to Nana and Papa Bill's for the afternoon. Uncle Erik, Uncle Sean, Aunt Amy, Jake and Sara were also there. We had yummy ham for dinner and the kids played with the toys in the easter baskets, puzzles and match box cars. It is always nice when Juliana gets to play with her cousins!