Stone Soup...The Miller Family: Easter... finally

Hmmm. New blogger format to get used to.... Anyway, Easter! We were home. It was a great weekend except for the fact that both Aidan and Lauren were miserably sick. Just look at their faces in this picture!

On Saturday night before Easter, we prepared to "peep" our friends. "Peeping" involves skewering a lot of peeps, sneaking into your friends' yards after dark, and leaving a colorful present for them to find in the morning. We were peeped last year, so then it was our duty to peep. The kids were, of course, ecstatic to help!

Peeps are cheapest right after Easter, so I bought a bunch last year on the Monday after Easter and stored them for the year. So let this be a warning to you all: If ever you are peeped, don't eat the peeps. They are probably a year old.

Having friends over for brunch after church gave me the opportunity to use my beautiful Hungarian tablecloth for the first time! I've never had a table big enough, but the island is the perfect size. I love getting out all of the "pretty" things.

Another bit of Easter silliness.... the yarn hunt. Using this idea from our friends (the idea the kids have been BEGGING we would incorporate into our Easter traditions for months), we tied yarn to each kids' bed and then strung it all over the house. The kids had to follow their yarn to their Easter basket before beginning the egg hunt. Jack did the boys' yarn. He went a bit nutty, going on all four floors of the house and outside. I think the kids' arms actually got tired from winding the yarn back up on the hunt. But, they loved it and I'm sure will want to do it again next year. We set this up as the last things before we went to bed. Good thing, because it was tricky to get around the house after it was set up!

Lauren's new gardening tools in her basket. While she was waiting for Jack and I to call the kids down to start the hunt, she got dressed in her church clothes. I think she was excited to wear her new dress.