From Sunshine to Snowfall | Easter 2013

Easter brought Easter eggs.....and SNOW!  It was hilarious watching the kids hunt for Easter goodies in the middle of a blizzard. The McKinney family Easter gathering has become a yearly tradition, with the egg hunt being a huge highlight.  Grandpa and Grandma McKinney (er, I mean, the Easter Bunny) always has fun treats just waiting to be discovered.  As you can see from the smiles, the snow didn't dampen the enthusiasm level at all!

Ready to hunt!

Since we had just been to Disney and we'd had a special egg hunt and Grandpa and Grandma McKinney's, Brandon and I thought that perhaps we could scale back our own personal family Easter celebration.  We bought tickets to go see STOMP, thinking this would be a good activity that would replace our usual Easter baskets for the kids.  We were just sure the kids would understand why the Easter bunny didn't come through to deliver Easter baskets.  

Little did we know just how ill-fated this plan was.  Kylee, in particular, was DEVASTATED that the Easter Bunny didn't come.  I mean...CRUSHED.  Wrote in her journal at school about how the Easter Bunny forgot her (real winner of a parent moment there).  Despite me telling her that the Easter Bunny wasn't even real, she could not get over it.  Being fearful that she might actually be permanently scarred by this, we that could we finally admitted defeat and I went and scoured the aisles of Target for Easter goodies on the day after Easter.  Bonus...this was much less expensive for us as most things were on clearance!  The Easter Bunny wrote Kylee a note explaining his tardiness.  She teared up reading it because she was so relieved.  I have to just admire this girl's spirit.  So, a day late and a dollar short, we celebrated with Easter goodies.

Hadley celebrated Easter at her school, too, with some fun activities and an Easter egg hunt.  Traditionally held at William Jewell, they moved the hunt indoors due to weather (which created just as much chaos as you might imagine).  She created her own Easter basket.  Super cute.