Easter began a day early for Kendall this year. After she dyed her eggs on Easter Eve, we went to Nana's house for supper because, as an added bonus, Aunt Corinna was visiting! Nana had carefully orchestrated a very elaborate, and gift-filled, "scavenger hunt" for Kendall ... for which Kendall may have been a tad bit on the young side. After approximately the 2nd gift bag she found, she had no interest whatsoever in following any clues to look for any more gifts because this one had play dough paraphernalia! Scavenger hunt - over. Play dough festivities - on. When we were able to resume the hunt, I did most of the hunting and eventually was able to herd Kendall onto the back porch where her real Easter present from Nana was waiting for her. Here is Kendall's new water table. It will live at Nana's house.
Nana's Easter Bunny cupcakes were, of course, a big hit!
We got home from supper and had just enough time to put Kendall's (not so) carefully dyed eggs in the basket for the Easter Bunny to hide and to put out a plate of carrots (with ranch, of course) and a glass of milk for the Easter Bunny. Like the scavenger hunt, I think Kendall may have been a bit young for this concept because she promptly ate the carrots and drank the milk. You snooze, you lose Easter Bunny!
Finally, the Easter Bunny came!!! Kendall's basket was filled with a ridiculous amount of chocolate and she had TWO presents (one from the Bunny and one from her parents, but she thinks they both came from the Bunny and that's fine). She got 3 drawers full of dress up clothes and a Mickey Mouse Shoe Garage play set. 
Clearly the shoe garage was a MUCH bigger hit than the set of dress up clothes I painstakingly put together! Ah well. 
And then the hunt for eggs was on! She did a really good job finding the eggs ... and then throwing them into her basket.
And then it was time for a dip in the baby pool that had just been filled up the day before ... wearing her new Minnie Mouse bathing suit from Nana, of course! Anyone care to guess what time it was when the bathing suit was donned? 8:30AM. The Easter morning festivities were over and my child was in her bathing suit and completely over Easter by 8:30AM. And I was ready for a cocktail.
Fortunately, like Christmas, Easter comes in waves around here. Nana and Aunt Corinna came over around 11 and then Grandmother and Pops came over around noon so we could all have a nice informal Easter brunch of ham, turkey, green beans, breakfast casserole, potato salad, fruit, and of course cupcakes. Then it was time for the neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt. I've taken Kendall to this event the past two years but in 2009 it was pretty cold and she screamed the entire time and in 2010 she wasn't yet walking so she just sat on the sidewalk while other kids brought her eggs.
But THIS year, she could participate! And she did really well! 
Next year we'll work on the concept of opening the eggs to check out the goodies inside after the eggs have all been gathered because that would be a much more efficient way of ensuring the maximum number of eggs in your basket.
Here is Kendall with her best buddies Liam and Margaret, the 3 year old twins who live 2 houses down from us. They are wonderful kids and these three adore each other!
Then, FINALLY!!! Just before bedtime (most likely as a diversionary tactic to avoid her impending bedtime), Kendall decided to check out her dress up clothes! Turns out she can walk in heels significantly better than I can. 
And here is my Easter princess all ready for bed (in her high heels and tiara) after a long and very fulfilling day!
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