Wow, talk about lucking out with some absolutely beautiful weather this past weekend. Sunday was over 80 degrees and sunny, which is not something we see too often around here for Easter!
Poor Alex, just won’t keep his shades on like big bro just yet. ; )
So minus the fact that I became blindsided with some sort of cold/allergy attack about mid-way through the day, Easter ended up being totally awesome. Once the boys were asleep on Friday night, I got to work on filling their baskets and stuffing/hiding Easter eggs.
Even though we’ve been hiding eggs throughout the living room for about a month now, Lucas was still so excited on Easter morning (and ended up finding all 43 eggs in a matter of about 15 minutes…go figure!). Alex just liked trying to steal whatever eggs Lucas was after.
#tank
Both boys were up pretty early on Sunday so we got an early start to our day, meaning that we were actually on time for once in our lives (seriously…) for the annual Easter egg hunt at Jay’s aunt’s house.
All of the kids had a blast running around outside and finding their eggs, and since Alex is the only one that’s not totally mobile right now amongst the cousins, he hung out with mama (not that that’s anywhere out of the norm…#mamasboy).
How in the world did I get so lucky with these two? <3 <3
Or, should I say, with these three. ; )
Once all of the eggs were found, the kiddos enjoyed some more time running around outside while the adults hung out and chatted (as much as you can while supervising the little ones!).
Poor Alex…he’s having a rough few days right now with teething and is usually most happy when he’s with his mama. He’s cut about two teeth in the past two days, and it looks like there are about maybe three more that are on their way, just under the surface. On top of that, he’s got either a cold OR just a runny nose/cough from the teething.
I wanted so badly to get a nice, “frameable” picture of the two of them in their matching shirts but, alas, this will have to do. ; )
After the egg hunt, everyone headed back inside for a delicious Easter brunch.
And after brunch, we enjoyed a nice little walk around the neighborhood before saying our goodbyes and heading back home.
A little later in the afternoon, our families came over to join us for some more Easter fun and a simple yet delicious dinner.
Since it was going to be so nice, I decided to skip the whole baked ham/full dinner thing and just go with some chicken on the grill. We’re not too fancy over here.
Along with the chicken, we had roasted asparagus, my mom made her amazing homemade scalloped potatoes (I don’t know if she has a recipe…pretty sure she just “does it”), and my mother-in-law made a delicious macaroni salad.
Of course, you can’t forget about dessert…and I was SO EXCITED about it.
I made a batch of brownies with cookie dough frosting (OMG) and I was really in the mood to bake a cake so I wound up making this Lemonade Cake with Lemon Cream Cheese Frosting.
Oh. Myyyyyyy. Goodness. If you like lemonade, or cake, or basically anything, you will love this cake. It was sooooo good! And now I just want to bake cakes every week.
By the time dinner rolled around, I was pretty much done for. My nose was running nonstop and I was just completely wiped. Once the boys were in bed, I called it quits myself and wound up asleep before 9pm. I woke up today feeling 100 times better so I have no idea what was going on…maybe just my body’s way of telling me I needed some sleep?
Either way, it really was a lovely Easter. I hope everyone else had a wonderful weekend, too!
Ash Z says
Don’t worry I didn’t even manage to get a nice family picture or even a bad one yesterday! I want a Canvas worthy photo… maybe when they are teenagers lol. My 4 year old loved egg hunts this year, it was fun to watch him have fun and hunt for eggs all over.
Heather @Lunging Through Life says
Could you have a cuter family?! Oh my gosh what adorable photos and outfits. LOVE that you went with chicken on the grill for dinner. I’m all about cookouts. We had great temperatures too and Easter was a blast with our little one! Last year she was just too little but not this year!
Shaqueefa says
Courtnrey 2.0 harharhar
Shaqueefa says
My man thot I hid colored eggs yesterday mornin and he opened one, took a bite or of one and threw it at the tv. I axe him why he did that and he thot I was doing a Easter egg hunt for him.i told him that egg was probably from 3 years ago that one of the kids didn’t find. He went to bed mad at 9 AM. #dabunnydidthat
jordan @ dancing for donuts says
your easter looked so beautiful!!! and are you kidding me with that lemon cake?! that sounds incredible! i didn’t have scalloped potatoes this year (though i wish i had!) but we did have asparagus – something about it seems very easter-y & spring-y to me! have a great week :)
Allison says
What a great day! Glad you are feeling better. That cake looks amazing and definitely something I would like to make in the future. The boys matching shirts are adorable :)
Missy says
Love books in the Easter baskets–we did the same thing! Also, my 1.5 yr old son has that hide and seek farm animal book and he LOVES. IT. We read it about 5 times per day, one of my fave Usborne books!
Katie @ Live Half Full says
TOTALLY MAKING THAT CAKE SOON! Yum!
montessoriishmom says
What a great Easter! Your boys look too cute in their matching shirts :)
Maegan @thebakermama says
You guys are the cutest of the cute! Looks like you had such a sweet and special Easter! So glad to hear you’re feeling better today. Sleep does the body good, doesn’t it?
Bethany @Luluruns says
I love the matching shirts! I have a feeling when we have our second, I will be doing the same thing :)
Shaqueefa says
I lurve skinny girl cocktails -mans popcorn! Not your salad dressing or 100 calorie packs tho. Blughk!
Julia @ Drops of Jules says
I’m bummed I’ve been so busy recently because I have a stack of your blog posts sitting in my bloglovin feed. I came to the most recent because I wanted to read about raster, but I’m excited to catch up on all of your happenings soon.
I feel like you’re always sick, and I’ve decided life needs to give you a break! You are so hardworking!! Don’t ever forget that, okay? Your meal looks delicious and 10 times out of 10, I’d choose grilled chicken over the fancy ham. It’s easier and still delicious!
Annie says
Oh my gosh I NEED that frosting!!
Our son was a total grouch for most of our family Easter get together… maybe teething as well or just overwhelmed by all the people? So we never even got a family pic! Such a bummer when that happens but your boys still look cute and the day still fun!
Shaqueefa says
Courtney what’s on your plate from brunch?? YUMM
raquel says
i recently bought shelves similar to the ones hanging in your family room. Love the assortment of frames you have in the photo. Any ideas as to where you purchased nice frames? Thanks!
Courtney says
Oh, they’re from all over! Homegoods, Boscov’s, and Target, I believe…? :)