Thanks, Easter Bunny!

On Saturday night, we painted eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide. Alyssa had fun dipping her paint brush in the dye and brushing it on. Mommy and Daddy painted some too. The eggs were very pretty. We sat out Alyssa's basket for the Easter Bunny to fill it up and left a bowl of carrots on the table. It rained Saturday night, so we left a note to let him know to deliver inside. The note said, "A-L-Y-S-S-A" with an arrow pointing to the basket. I think he knew what she meant.

Alyssa woke up at 6:00 a.m. saying, "The Easter Bunny was here!" She looked on the table and her basket was gone. All that remained in the bowl were some chewed up carrots and he even made a mess on the floor. The Easter Bunny must have sat at the table to eat his carrots because a piece of his fuzzy white tail was left behind. Alyssa picked up his tail and said, "Ewwww... a piece of his tail. How gross!" Then, she threw it in the trash. Out of the corner of her eye, she spotted her Easter basket behind the couch, pointed, and exclaimed, "LOOK!" She ran to it and started pulling stuff out. She was so excited! She absolutely loves her bunny puppet and bubble blower. Thanks, Easter Bunny!

We went through the house looking for Easter eggs. The Easter Bunny put them in the funniest places. Alyssa liked the one she found in Daddy's shoe and the one on Elmo's feet. She loaded up her basket with the painted eggs and plastic eggs filled with goodies, but not without checking to see what was inside the plastic eggs. They were filling with yogurt raisins, fruit snacks, Yogos, and a few had Nerds candies. This morning, with a sad look on her face, she said to me, "The Easter Bunny didn't leave me any jelly beans!" I tried to fill the eggs with stuff she'd be allowed to have for a snack and less candy. I guess the Easter Bunny will have to remember jelly beans next year.

After we finished our egg hunt, we enjoyed a pancake breakfast and went to Easter service at church. In the afternoon, we sat on the patio eating homemade snow cones while Alyssa showered us with bubbles from her new bubble blower. We finished up the day with a nice ham dinner and carrot cake for dessert. What a great Easter!