Easter 2012

Easter was a multi-day affair around these parts.

First we had the neighborhood Easter egg hunt on March 24th.  My mom came up the night before so Jeff and I could go out and celebrate his birthday.  We decided to see Hunger Games.  Saturday, Jeff slept in while Grammi and I took Claire to the egg hunt.  For the littlest kids, they just dumped eggs on the field.  Claire's first instincts were to pick up one egg and hold on to it.  Or to take out the eggs that we put in the basket.  But after a little demonstration, she really got the idea!

Easter bunny

I'll get your nose!

Waiting with Grammi

Claire, you put them in, not take them out!

I got this!

Outta my way!

Riding the train

Petting zoo

Whoa!

Claire is unsure

Bunnies seem safer

Showing her how to be gentle

Ooh soft!

My mom made me do it!

Easter weekend itself (Apr 6-8) was very busy.  On Friday we went up to the cabin in Ellijay.  We helped my parents and my dad's cousin Danie plant over a hundred plants.

Saturday morning we left Ellijay and headed 2 hours east for another mountain cabin near Helen, GA.  Jeff's Aunt Candy and Uncle Joe were in town from Chicago and renting the cabin for their family.  So we headed over for a day with all the Schulze family members.  Good food, good company, and a little Easter egg hunt for the girls (Claire and her cousins) made for a great day.  We headed back home that night.

Food prep

The C-K's: Claire, Kiersten, Candy, and Kerrington

The gang

Egg hunt

An egg in the trailer hitch?  Silly Easter bunny!

Look what I got!

Claire and Aunt Karen

Sunday morning Claire got her Easter basket, we went to church, and then headed to LeeAnn's house for brunch.  We hung out there for a while til Claire's naptime.  We loaded her in the car for the ride back up to Ellijay for Easter dinner with my family.  We spent the night and headed back home on Monday.

An Easter basket for me?

Hmm, let's see....

Yay Easter!

Lots of driving with a kid who wasn't doing well in the car.  Crazy!  But it was worth it.  We got a good amount of time with both sides of the family and make it truly a weekend of celebration.