Easter

claire found her basket.



one lucky kiddo!


we are working on smiling on command. now we'll move to differentiating cheesy from pretty. my work is never done.



claire received her first Easter basket this morning. growing up, the easter bunny always hid our baskets, so i decided to keep the tradition going. although claire didn't quite get the idea until her basket was found, i imagine she will feel the same anticipation and excitement as i felt as young child. we don't give claire candy often. in fact, next to never, so we were especially happy when the easter bunny took our wishes into consideration. claire was brought a basket full of elmo toys. she was happy. another tradition i am continuing is the annual hunt for the easter dress. my sisters and i got a new easter dress each year. we found claire's dress at target of all places. love that store! she looked adorable and was a highlight at church. the rest of our day was spent relaxing as a family. we went to church and came home to dine on green beans, ham and scalloped potatoes. yummy! we had planned on doing an easter egg hunt, but it was too cold outside (40's!!) and quite frankly, chris and i were too tired. it was a nice, relaxing easter.