spring break, coloring eggs and Easter activities

Last Friday was our first day of Spring Break.  The boys were so excited to be off of school.  I started off the day with getting them their favorite for breakfast...donuts!  SJ got his normal white iced rings and Bob had his powdered donuts.  It was a nice day, so the boys were able to really enjoy their first day off. 

They played basketball and soccer outside, rode scooters, used their new chalk and ran around the yard with Nerf guns.  When they were bored with that, they retreated to the house to be video game zombies. 

On Saturday, we colored our eggs.  I always have the boys do a dozen each.  I was going to attempt to try Koolaid packs for the dye (a Pinterest find), but I never bought the different color packets.  I went with the traditional Paas instead.  I had boiled the eggs early in the morning, so by late afternoon they were cool enough to color.  Bob was resistant at first, but eventually his preteen self got into the tradition.  These are their finished eggs.

 

Sunday was Easter.  SJ came into our room around 8 to wake my husband and myself.  He was anxious to see what the Easter Bunny brought (yes, he still believes!).  We followed him downstairs and he began his search.  It took him 3:18 to find his hidden basket.  Bob then searched for his.  He found his in a record 0:18 time. 

 

SJ seemed disappointed in his basket.  He had gotten some fruit flavored candies (Skittles and jelly beans), gum and a rocket kit.  "Why didn't the Easter Bunny get me stuff like last year?" asked SJ.  I really had no idea what the Easter Bunny had brought last year.  Apparently, the bunny brought him a tennis racket and tennis balls last year.  I believe the bunny thought he would love a rocket, but I guess he was wrong. 

 

Eventually, he settled down.  I went to church while the boys did more relaxing at home.  After I returned from church, we had some lunch and then watched a movie.  When the movie was done, we went to my parents' house for Easter dinner.

 

My parents had some Easter presents for the boys.  Bob got XBox points, so he can play more games.  SJ got an Amazon gift card.  I told him he could use it for plushies, so he went right on my mom's computer to order two different plushies (Hammer Brothers and Knuckles).  We had a nice dinner (the boys were not fans of the ham) and visited with my parents and sister for a few hours.  We went home around 8 o'clock.  The boys were back to being video game zombies for the remainder of the evening. 

 

On Monday, the boys built their rockets.  There were many steps and they did very well with the instructions.  It was rainy and cold, so they couldn't paint the completed rockets until it got nicer out.  That weather also made it hard for them to play outside.  Oh well, it is break, so I just let them do the what boys their age love to do: play video games!