It's Easter!

Happy Easter!

Easter Crafts
MissE and her BFF (CJ) spent an afternoon making Easter Baskets and toilet roll chicks and bunnies.

Easter Bonnet Parade (at daycare)
The Easter Parade is a favourite of MissE's.  Although she made a hat at daycare, she asked me to make her a hat with purple flowers (fabric flowers, too easy) which she wore for the parade.

Daycare-made hat

After marching with her friends, the Easter Bunny paid the children a visit with a basket full of chocolate eggs.

Hot-cross buns were on the menu for afternoon tea.  I made Hidden Egg Surprise Rice Crispie Treats for her friends too.

Speaking of baking, I had a 3 month hiatus post-MissE's birthday so I decided to spend a good portion of the holiday baking.  Here are my mini-cupcakes:

Mini-chocolate bird nest cupcakes

Easter Sunday
MissE and Mr.E woke up to find the Easter Bunny had paid them a visit!  MissE scored a Monster Police Truck with a chocolate egg and Mr.E, a Peter Rabbit toy with small chocolate eggs (which MissE happily ate for him).  The Cadbury Marshmallow Eggs were for Mr.H and I.

No girly-girl here!

Easter Egg Hunt
This year's Easter Egg Hunt & Breakfast was at Cousin H&C's.  The girls enjoyed running around gathering as many eggs as they could find and also finding the big Easter Bunny!  However they thought the chocolate eggs were breakfast...

*MissE also had an Easter Egg Hunt at daycare.  The teachers set out the chocolate eggs while the children were outside playing, gave them their paper baskets made earlier during the day, and let them loose!  A few teachers told me how MissE found ALL the chocolate eggs before the other children had a chance to look!  MissE was more than happy to share her findings as long as the teachers slipped her a few extra.


The Sydney Royal Easter Show
A favourite of mine, we ventured off to the Easter Show on Easter Monday.  We took the train there which made Eloise and Eden very happy.  Eden loved looking out the window as we were travelling.  That was all the excitement he needed as he spent most of our time at the Show fast asleep!

We spent the most time in The Food Farm learning where our food comes from.  Eloise got to sit in a tractor and turned oats into pastry.

Where does my burger come from?

On the tractor

One of many cut-outs we took photos in
(like mother like daughter!)

Grinding our oats

Rolled into pastry

Next was the Dairy Farmer's Farmyard Nursery where she got to feed and pat baby farm animals.

She requested to go on one ride, first choosing an adult ride (I don't think so) but was happily steered into the Kids Carnival onto the Fantasy Cups (in-training for Disneyland!)

Spinning, spinning, spinning...
maybe too much spinning for a very tired MissE?

On the train home

This year, she chose a Sesame Street show bag (although she does not watch Sesame Street anymore), mostly for the Elmo Umbrella which Sabi ate last year.

MissE's Elmo umbrella and hat