easter in photos.

easter basket wishlist

i feel like a terrible mother, but easter this year is going to be bypassed. normally, i go over the top celebrating holidays, however minuscule they may seem. normally, i take dreydan to the dollar store and let him splurge on decorations for his room. then all the days leading up to the holiday we bake in the kitchen making themed treats ready to munch for the days ahead. we do holiday related activities. we watch holiday related movies/shows etc.. and then on the day, i cook a holiday related themed dinner. ie: corned beef & cabbage for st. paddy's.

but being in another country where our holidays are not so wildly celebrated and revered, it's easy to forget. especially by a child. last year we were here for halloween, and that was so hard! i'm in love with everything halloween & there was nothing here to indicate the slightest idea that it was october. this year, we got here beginning of march so we missed st. patrick's day. if it weren't for instagram i would've totally forgotten all about it. sooo easter celebrations won't be happening. translation: the easter bunny won't make it to us. but shhh.. dreydan will never know. we've got him distracted with all sorts of other things.

besides all of that rubbish, i've put together an easter wishlist of must-haves. obviously i won't be needing or getting any of them this year, but hey, a girl can virtual window shop, right?

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one. dying easter eggs is messy with kids. especially my boy. so this apron from pottery barn would be perfect. and not just for dying eggs, but all activities all year long.

two. the sweetest floral romper from holley and sage. i seriously drool over the stuff in their shop.

three. every easter basket needs a book. 'marshmallow' found here is great for boys & girls.

four. throwing this on over your babes little dress after the hunt, pictures, church etc.. keeps the easter spirit just a little longer. from purllamb. another shop that i can't get enough of.

five. pamplemousse teething ring. such a cute shop for natural handmade teething rings! another easter basket must-have.

six. throw this short sleeve button up from crewcuts on with a pair of colored shorts & you have the most handsome dude around.

seven. easter bunny bundle masks from opposite of far. drey loves masks & dressing up, so every year we find themed masks for every holiday. he's obsessed.

eight. wooden toys are so much fun to have. so when i found this shop on etsy, i drooled and 'favorited' pretty much everything. this wooden toy bowling set from cake in the morn is an easter basket need.

nine. another pottery barn find, because pottery barn rocks. little plush animal rattles found here.

i hope you love this little compilation of easter basket yummies as much as i do.
i'll see you next year, easter bunny.

Our Easter Weekend -- according to my iPhone

Saturday - Monday. In no particular order.

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My Easter dinner placemat.

Thee yummiest {and cutest} drink I've ever made.

Heading to church.

Hike.

Me, sis is law, niece. Ready, set, point!

Happy little bunny boy.

Drooling over old things in a museum & wondering how to steal it.

Visiting my High School puts me back in dancer mode.

Floral wedges. DSW. Need I say more?

Easter Egg Hunt.

We celebrated Easter for Dreydan on Saturday.

I woke up early to set up his special spot at the table & hide his goodies around the yard.

The night before he requested pancakes for breakfast & I think the Easter Rabbit heard him because

that silly bunny dyed our pancake batter blue, green & pink!

We had a perfect morning, even better day & a relaxing night.

 I hope everyone has a beautiful Easter Sunday!

The Lord is risen indeed -- Luke 24:34

Sometimes {easter edition}

Sometimes helping mama in the kitchen baking Easter bunny cookies all weekend makes everything okay.

Happy Easter y'all!

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Are you THAT crazy mom??

This morning we hit a community Easter Egg Hunt at the park here where I live.

We arrived early, found a spot on the sideline, and waited patiently until the ding.

I was pointing out the brightly colored eggs all around the area and telling him that

was where he needed to head to. He was SO excited & couldn't wait to run for it!

Unfortunately, his excitement didn't last long. Amongst all the happy kids were greedy

moms & dads.... mostly moms. And they were CRAZY ASS BITCHES for some candy.

Mostly I blame the city people for not having very many eggs.. However, the immaturity

on the parental side of things didn't help out the situation either. Grimy & selfish...

I'm serious people! Grown WOMEN were running around like nut jobs grabbing eggs

for their kids before the kids themselves could get to them. Including my sweet little man.

This was his first big Easter hunt & it was ruined because of out of control parents.

He walked out of that park carrying his football basket the same way it came in.... 

Empty.

I tried making it up to him by letting him have one of his Easter gifts early AND cookies before lunch.

Because after hearing "mom where all my eggs go?" over & over during the hunt, I'd do pretty much anything for him. 

Easter Eggs!

Last year we attempted to dye eggs with our little man and it turned into a big messy FAIL. Not to mention Drey giving zero interest about who, what, where, why... 

But it was a big hit this year! He was so proud of his eggs. And then he wanted to smash them all.

{pic captions are real comments from dreydan}

"can I drink this dad?"

{isn't he the sexiest man you've ever seen...for real doe?}

"okay guys, now we have to color this. everyone do it"

We can take it back out when it's all green?  

Yes but we have to wait.  

Oooooh. Don't touch mom, we have to wait. Then we can break them.

 "it's pink?! put that one in the blue dad. just put it in this blue cup"

 

"mom, dad... let's break these outside. let's throw them on the ground!"

{aren't they soooo pretty haha}

Happy EasterEggDying Day to us!

{note: lazyyy saturday. don't judge our appearance.. just don't}

Sadly, Ty will be gone for work the rest of this week including Easter Sunday! :((

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Hoppy Easter!

There is just something about Easter that makes the weekend so relaxing and special.

It was especially special this year because Drey was sooo adorable! It's almost just as fun as Christmas... No? Okay.

We were a little late with The Easter Bunny so we had to settle with the one at the grocery store Saturday afternoon... Whoopsie. Drey wasn't so sure about him anyways. He liked the bunny, until the bunny liked him back.

We spent the weekend in Ogden with Tyler's family. Sunday morning we had the egg hunt with the kids. It was Dreydan's FIRST(last year doesn't count)! He found lots of goodies around the yard and was so sweet when putting them in his basket.

My mom always made Easter special for us when I was growing up. She always had for us our own personalized basket with stuff that we love in it and lots of treats from the Easter Bunny! So of course, I have to be the same way. Dreydan woke up to all of his favorite things surrounded by his football basket filled with candy. One. Happy. Baby.

I can't wait to start and keep traditions that my lil' family and me have made. For now, I'll just have to borrow the ones that Tyler & I have done our entire life, but we'll acquire our own soon enough and Drey can have tradition memories he can cherish. I also look forward for Dreydan to learn why we celebrate this holiday... It's more than just chocolate bunnies and colored eggs.

 {he doesn't look impressed does he?}

 {first egg he picked up}

 {he's got his eye on something}

 {checkin' out his finds}

 {love this little face more than anything}

{hailey, drey, zach}

Hope y'all had an awesome EASTER weekend!!

God bless!