Zoe Jean Collins

We welcomed Zoe Jean Collins into our lives on Friday, May 11, 2012 at 7:27 am.  She was 7 lbs 2.5 oz and 19.5 in long.  

Easter at Jeanne's

Jeanne, Howard and Anna looking for eggs

Zach's aunt, Jeanne, hosts Easter afternoon at her house each year.  It is a lot of fun to see everyone together there.  The kids love getting to run around Jeanne's big backyard with all their cousins.  

Playing with cousins.  Anna would not put down her new Minnie Mouse Easter basket!

Having a snack with PawPaw

Everyone brings food to contribute to lunch, and then the kids get to participate in an Easter egg hunt for prizes.  After that is a "young adult" Easter egg hunt.  All of us that are too old for the kid hunt but still under 40 get to do a very hard scavenger hunt at the school across the street from Jeanne's house.  It is a lot of fun but hard work.  This year my team won, much to Zach's chagrin, but Charlie was thrilled since he helped us out.

Charlie getting help from Daddy

The kids had a great time running around and getting exhausted over at Jeanne's.  

Listening to the rules for the adult hunt

Playing on the playground while we ran around on the scavenger hunt

Pictures of Kids

I have been bad about posting lately.  We have been in a mad dash to get ready for baby #3 coming on Friday!  Here are some fun pictures of the kids from recently though.

 

Easter at Home

Easter was a blast with the kids!  We started talking about the Easter bunny and what happens Easter morning with Charlie and Anna a few weeks ahead of time.  Charlie kept asking about the "Easter Rabbit" and was very excited about getting his basket and looking for eggs.

What is going on?

My basket! 

My family has a tradition of hiding the Easter baskets and then we would get up and look for them in morning.  It was always a lot of fun to search for them.  My mom used to really hide the baskets hard, and we would often spend quite a while looking for them.  We made it a little easier for the kids since it was their first time!

Charlie was so happy!

Anna was trying to figure what was going on

They were so excited when they found their Easter baskets with goodies inside.  Charlie got a Thomas basket and Anna got a Minnie Mouse one.  They thought that was cool enough, and then they realized there were gifts inside.  Neither of them is big on sweets, so we put a movie and a couple of small toys in the baskets, and they were happy with that.

Time to hunt for eggs

After finding the baskets, we got dressed and went outside to search for eggs that Zach hid.  Since the kids are still so little, it was nice because we could basically just throw the eggs into the yard, and they had fun running around to get them.  Anna even would let us take them out of her basket and throw them back in the yard so she could look for them again.

Once we finished all that, we headed to Zach's aunt's house for a second Easter hunt and family time.  More on that later.

Anna realized she could climb up the bar stool to get to the counter and get into the baskets

PS We do realize the Easter bunny is not the main reason for Easter!  Next year I plan to do some more explaining on the real reason we celebrate.