Picture this:

Here's Easter 2010 from my neck of the woods!

First of all, how cute is this baby?

I found those rabbit ears in the basement and I just had to put them on somebunny. He was the only one who couldn't run away from me.

Here you see my lovely quartet of blessings:

This is the best picture
I have of the whole family.


And yes,
that is the same dress I wore last Easter.

After church and a fabulous feast at my parents house
we had a little egg hunt (just for my kids because my brothers
refuse to procreate. Hopefully my two younger
cousins will get themselves into matrimonial
bonds and bring some children of their
own onto the scene).


And look at these two sweet boys---what a pair they are!


We seem to be at this phase in their lives where they are
just completely enchanted with each other or fighting.
And it can change from minute to minute.
(Any secret for abolishing these petty little "fights" that
pop up constantly between siblings sometimes?
I don't recall this ever being such an issue before.)

I was so pleased with this picture.


I took it as Big E was trying to get a red Easter egg
down from the tree branch. Do you see the egg in the air?
Just call me Action Photographer Bell, at your service.
If you would like your mid-air eggs captured on film,
feel free to give me a call.

Going against tradition,
my aunt insists on putting all her eggs in one basket:


Guess which person in this picture is the song writer?
"Here comes song-writing brother of Bell,
hopping down the bunny trail...."


I suppose Lovely K was directing Sweet T where
to find more eggs....


They couldn't wait to pop open the eggs and find out what they had actually found. You know, when we found eggs in an egg hunt when I was a kid, we found eggs. Actual eggs. From chickens. (hard-boiled and dyed, of course) But that was back before we had all these landfills just aching to be filled with plastics.

Sweet T had to have help. As he ran with his basket, he scatted all the eggs he had found so far. Someone had to follow him for rescue and recovery.

After the egg hunt,
we had the little family party for Lovely K's birthday.

I really hate that we forgot to bring the "pin the tail on the donkey" game that we always play at the family parties. My kids so enjoy making their grandparents and aunts and uncles play this game with them. It has become our little tradition. And they were excited about sucking some new players into the game....but we forgot to bring it with us.
I also forgot to take a group picture of everyone that was there for the Easter festivities at my parents' house. Why do I do that? I would love to have had a picture of everyone. I need to just start making it standard procedure to take a group picture each and every time there is a group assembled. So next time you see me with a group, remind me to whip out my camera and take a picture of everyone.


We had such a good time with the family.
The kids were WORE OUT. Look at Sweet T here:

If he sat down like this for even a minute,
he could barely keep his eyes open. Every few
minutes you would hear someone say
"Sweet T is soooo tired"
and he would always pipe up (unconvincingly)
and say "I'm not tired!"


I was only one week late showing those to you. Wow.
Right now being only a week late for stuff feels like
being on time. Let's give Bell a little pat on her
procrastinating back.....or you can
wait and do it later...