Holiday Hangover!

Does anyone else have an Easter weekend hangover? I really think that holidays should come with recuperation time from lack of sleep and too many activities!

I enjoyed my Spring Break... but it was not packed with fun and sun! Instead it was packed with every child-related activity known to man! I believe everyday we went to eat and slide (Chic-fil-A now knows us by name)! Anna is slowly going to turn into a chicken! Tuesday I had a wise idea of getting paints for porcelain eggs. I read somewhere that somebody had an egg added every year that their child painted. Great idea! Not a great idea to take a napless 2 year old to get supplies! Add Hobby Lobby to the list of friends on a first name basis now! Wednesday we painted...we painted....and we painted...and we painted! We painted eggs, our hands and tried to paint the cat (hey, who wouldn't love to have a purple, pink, green, yellow cat)! Thursday was the Easter party at school. I am big on going to all I can (she is only 2...so...watch out PTA...already planning ideas!). Apparently I am the only one! The party consisted of the kids, two teachers and me! Well somebody had to entertain the kids so I decided it was me. All the time poor Anna was telling everyone who came near me "my mommy" or "mommy's camera". Friday....we went Easter shopping! Target here we come (as if this makes it different from any other day). Once again, a store which knows us! I dare say that they might call to check on us should we skip a day visiting! The Easter stuff...well you take your life into your own hands on that aisle two days before Easter! I envisioned the great Cabbage Patch Kids Walmart scene from the eighties at some points! Saturday she woke up bright and early....at 6:30 (apparently she did not read the memo that it was Saturday!) We decided to do our original plan and go on an Easter egg hunt in Pelham. Met the cousins there. That was the quickest hunt I had ever been to! Well, not really much of a hunt per se. There was a football field with eggs scattered all over it. None-the-less the kids had fun. Anna loved it with the exception of "the Bun" (my name for the Bunny). Her cousin wanted to see him...Anna was having nothing of it! I admit, most Easter bunnies looked a bit...well...freakish! SO who could blame her! Following the hunt we went to mom's. That is always an experience and a half! Anna met my mom's dog's up close and personal. All three had fun. The dog's were probably a bit confused why she was taking their toys but all in all they played well with each other. We then went to buy the forgotten items for dying eggs (I don't think Walmart is fun for any reason!). When we got home we had big plans...cookies and dying eggs. Some of you may not remember that age old tradition of dying eggs. There are others of you that may wonder....simply....why....there are plastic ones now? Kind of like diapers...why use the old fashioned cloth ones when God created Huggies! Well, some things I never grew out of (talking about dying eggs here)! For those of you wondering, YES it was a mess and a half. It was a messy that this Type A (yes, I know you can't believe it...I am a type a ....insert laughter here) personality went bonkers over! We both ended up having fun though! Now to Sunday...the big reveal...what did the 'Bun bring? He was good (my wallet thanks him!) Anna was happy (I think she may have actually been more happy that she did not have to talk to him in order to get the treats!) Then we had the other 'fam functions. Egg hunt, food, painting, chalking, bubbles, running around, ball playing....I am tired just reliving it in words!

And here we are today...still suffering from the Easter hangover! Anybody else?