Caity And Breezy's Easter Tea Party

Cambria's birthday falls on Easter day this year.

How special!

Caity's birthday is in April.

We decided to celebrate Cambria and Caitlyn together with one party.

Caity asked for a tea party once I had already planned an Easter egg party.

I've learned it does not hurt to let the kids have an opinion so we combined the two themes.

Mailee set the tea party table beautifully!

I wrapped the dining table with this adorable chevron wrapping paper.

A little chalkboard action...reminding us all the REAL reason for Easter:)

Cute little nest

My birthday girls!

I saw this fun idea at Creativity In Progress.

Maddie and I had such a great time fancying them up!

Cutie!

Awe!  Big sisters are the best!

My Bree baby is turning 2!!!

Checking out her cake.

Caity's cake was bigger than Cambria's.

She was pretty happy about that:)

Look at that sweet baby!

Caity and her friend Emilie

Playing in her room.

Dyeing eggs.

{thanks Pinterest for the whisk  idea}

Cambria loved this for about 4 eggs.

Then she was done.

Little cousins with lots of supervision!

Playing pass the package.

Caity was really excited to play this game!

Most of the kids were a bit young but the Mom's made it work!

Seth won the prize!!

Big girls finishing up the eggs.

Bunny ears!!

Little bunny saying "cheese"

Tea pot.

From Mikayla's 4th birthday.

I had painted it to match her bedding.

She still keeps it on display in her room.

She was nice enough to loan it to me:)

Hunting for empty plastic eggs at the park.

Washi taped the toothpicks at the last minute.

Cute-ness factor was totally worth the tedious task.

Somebody is starting to look tired from all the fun!

Easter bunnies

{egg hiders}

Our little Caitlyn Hope!

Caity loved every minute of her birthday song!!

Little Bree was so happy when it was her turn.

She knew exactly what to do when the song was over.

Here she is blowing out the first candle...

...on to the second candle..

...she did it all by herself!

Proud baby!

Always gotta get a pic with the birthday kiddo!

We had our big family Easter dinner after the party.  It was an awesome day!

Easter Recap

Easter was awesome this year.     

We colored eggs with the cousins.

Caity loved it!

The kids were talking a lot this week about what Jesus did for us and how hard it must have been to die on a cross. 

Caleb was especially interested in discussing the nails going through His hands and feet.  

 I always find it frustrating to create a healthy balance between what the day is supposed to be about and all the "fun stuff" that the world focuses on.  As the kids get older, they are getting the full picture and that is exciting!

My Mom got Cait and Cambria matching froo-froo pink Easter dresses.  

They were so precious.

Not very practical for moving around or holding baby, but really really cute.

{check out baby's tights...her teensy legs are swimming in those tights..so so cute}

Cait really liked matching with "new baby".

She toted her purse around all morning.

My boys are such good sports.  

Mike did draw the line this year at "no pink" for him or Caleb.

Fair enough.

I'll take matching navy polos:)

In the morning before church I was quite proud of myself for having everyone ready in time.

I pushed the envelope by making them stand still for a photo.

Here they all are... 3 looking, 2 not so much.

After church the whole family came over.

Mike's Grandma made a spread and we enjoyed eating.

She has a gift for feeding people.

Does that sound silly?

She really does!!

After lunch the kids were chomping at the bit to get to the egg hunt.

The dads/ uncles hid the eggs.

We write names on the eggs so that everyone ends up with the same amount and all the same candy.

Its a bit of a process to prepare but Tam and I have fun doing it and it makes the hunt go really smoothly. 

  The big kids' eggs are hidden in crazy places...

And the little kids' eggs are a bit more obvious.

{I just have to say I love this picture of a real moment frozen in time...

Terri,Tammy, Meg and Bri taking a photo of themselves, Grams smiling at them, Matt watching Caiters hunt for eggs, Mike helping Cait with her bucket and holding her headband...so much great action!!}

Another great one.  Such a supportive family; check out Uncle Jay's face!

Cait and two of her Grandmas.

This right here is the money shot.

Check it out, 9 children all looking and all smiling! (Cambria is screaming but she's a newborn so I'm still counting her)

Oh- not to mention the fantastic matching going on!

(I kinda like that sort of thing:)

K this one is pretty cute too!

I love these kids and love how much they enjoy being together.

Pretty sure I've mentioned that once or twice.

Family picture!

The big girls and their buckets full of treats.

I made them each a headband or clip.

I guess Mailee didn't like wearing hers?

Buddies in matching duds.

It was a fun day!

I hope yours was too!