The Zorio Family: Happy Easter!

We had a great Easter and hope everyone else did too! To begin with Dawson got to decorate some Easter bunny cookies on Thursday evening with his Lolly and Pop! Then on Saturday morning we went to an Easter Egg Hunt at the Greenbelt Park. It was great! They had a tattoo booth which Dawson loved! He got a tattoo on his arm (originally he had requested to get it on his tummy, but changed his mind at the last minute)! He loves tattoos right now. After visiting the tattoo booth, he got a balloon animal dog.

Then he was amazed by a clown who made a coin disappear and reappear for him. Dawson got to bring the coin home, and he still talks about not knowing where the coin went. He says he thought it went up in the sky! Haha! They also had popcorn which Dawson used to feed to the ducks swimming in the creek while we were there! He thought the ducks-who just happened to be there-were a great part of the egg hunt! There were three inflatables there also.

After visiting the different booths and playing for a while it was time for the egg hunt! We have been having daily egg hunts at our house with Dawson for about the past two weeks, so he knew exactly what to do. I should also mention that during our home egg hunts Dawson loves to hide the eggs for you, and then show you where they all are as you look for them! So funny! Back to Saturday's egg hunt though-They did a great job of dividing the kids into age groups. Dawson hunted eggs in the "4 and Under" group. For all the age groups combined they had over 12,000 Easter eggs!! Dawson filled his basket with eggs two times! This egg hunt was great because the eggs were empty, so after the kids picked them up they turned them in at their age groups tent and got their basket packed full of candy! This made it a lot of fun for the kids to be able to pick up the eggs at whatever pace they could without being rushed. After Dawson filled his basket with eggs twice and got his basket full of candy he was done. There were SO many eggs there though, that his age group still had eggs on the ground when we left! Dawson had a blast at the egg hunt, and I'm so glad we went!

Later on Saturday we decided to dye our Easter Eggs! Dawson was really into it this year. We dyed 12 eggs total. He had fun dipping them in the various colors and using the wax crayon to draw on them too. Dawson decorated most of the eggs, but we did one with Dawson's name on it and one with Carter's name too!

On Sunday morning when we woke up the Easter bunny had visited our house! Dawson was thrilled to get candy (including suckers, obviously), Cars 2, The Lion King, a bug box, a bug net, a toy Car from Cars, and a Cars plate. John and I were unprepared for the questions that followed him receiving the Easter basket- "How did the bunny carry the basket? On his tummy? Did the bunny come to our house in a car? How did he get in our house? Was the Easter bunny the same bunny we saw by our garden the other night and named Mr. Snacks?" We quickly rattled off answers, and Dawson seemed happy with our answers. I was just surprised he thought about it so much! He loved his Easter basket though, and he thought it was a real treat!

On Sunday morning we dressed in our Easter clothes, and Dawson was thrilled to "look like Daddy." He didn't want to take his sports coat off, and wore it the entire time he was at church. We went to the church we've been visiting, and Dawson did great again-no tears when we left him! He's so funny, though, because he reports everything to us that the other kids do. I'm just happy that he seems to be enjoying Sunday mornings at church and getting to play with some other kids.

After church we went over to my parents house for a delicious Easter lunch. I wish I had gotten a picture, but Dawson was allowed to drink straight apple juice (we usually dilute it A LOT) out of a champagne flute. He thought he was such a big boy drinking out of a big glass like the rest of us! After our Easter lunch, I had planned Dawson could do an Easter Egg Hunt with his Lolly and Pop, but

Dawson just wanted to ride Pop's John Deere-so that's what he did!

Sunday evening we had Grandad, Nana, Aunt Em, and Cousin Drew over for dinner. I cooked a turkey breast, mashed potatoes, brussel sprouts, green beans, fruit salad, and homemade rolls. Emily made a cute Easter Bunny cake for Dawson. Unfortunately, I didn't get a picture of it before Dawson removed it's eyes (M&Ms), tail and teeth (marshmallows), and all the other cute parts that made it look like a bunny, but it was so cute! After dinner Dawson got to hunt some Easter eggs and play outside with everyone for a little while!

We had a great Easter! The only thing that could have made it better would have been if Carter had decided to come on Sunday night after all our celebrating was over! Here are some pictures from our Easter festivities (and I apologize that they're in a weird order, I was struggling to get them uploaded normally)!