Easter

This year Easter came early and so Eater bonnets were replaced by winter coats, rain and a small amount of snow flurries.

On Good Friday Grace and Hannah had school but Rachael did not and fortunately I had the day off of work. Craig had half a day off. Rachael had been asking to have her picture taken with her doll that she named Clara. I thought Good Friday was a great opportunity. She and I had a good morning together at home and then went out to the mall for a little shopping and photography session. She was amazingly patient and well behaved. She didn’t whine or cry once the entire day. Craig met us at Red Robin for lunch. Rachael had us to herself until we picked up the girls from school around 3:00. She was on a high for several days from having time alone with us. It was proof to me that she can be well behaved and as I suspected her sisters tend to egg her on (especially one long legged one.) I enjoyed our time alone. Craig and I work at giving each of the girls time alone with one of us but it is rare that they get the two of us with out their sisters.

Once we picked up Grace and Hannah from school we hit the road for Cincinnati. Uncle Dick came down from Dayton for Easter and Drew and Emily spent as much time as possible with us. We enjoyed Mom’s cooking all weekend and time together. The girls dyed eggs and made a mess of Mom and Dad’s house.

Despite the cold the girls suffered from cabin fever and insisted on being outside a lot. Hampa was a good sport and stayed out with them a lot. Saturday night Grace and Hannah had a sleep over at Uncle Drew and Emily’s house. They found out that the Easter Bunny hides eggs at Emily’s house. He doesn’t do that for the Kelly girls. Must be true what the book The Country Bunny and the Little Gold Shoes says, there is more than one Easter Bunny. On Sunday we had the annual Easter egg hunt in the backyard of my parent’s next door neighbors. The girls look forward to this each year. Rachael ran out ahead of everyone so she could get the easy to find eggs. As always Grace patiently lagged behind allowing the younger girls the opportunity to find eggs first. Sometimes she finds the role of oldest sister a hard pill to swallow but most of the time it is clear that she was meant to be one.


Grace took this picture of Emily and Will. Will is wearing Emily's head band with bunny ears attached (it looks like he is really enjoying it doesn't it?!)