Easter 2011....

HAPPY EASTER 2011!!

The kingdom's royals weren't quite in the mood to be photographed much on Easter this year given that the Easter Bunny had come to the house--left eggs AND superb baskets--neither of which the kidlets could enjoy until after we attended Sunday services. It just couldn't be helped--due to the timing of everything. We should also note the late hour the children slept in until given that Alec had a stomach bug and Aramis, a double ear infection. With a little Mommy and Daddy love, some fabulous medication and rest, they seem to be on the mend, but the 5 days leading up to this day were pretty icky to say the least. As of today, the kids seem to be fairly mended, but it took nearly two weeks to get us here (and to super-sterilize the house again!)

King Tony and the royals working on coloring their Easter eggs....

The boys seem to be into it this year....much to our surprise! :) Now we just need to help King Tony 'chill out' a bit as he gets super anxious amid all those colors and hard boiled eggs---fearing that all will end up all over the floor (and his white T-shirt!) :)

Abby gets into the process and King Tony gets even more riled... :) Heee.hee....

"Finally!!" they all cry out! They locate their baskets left lovingly by the Easter Bunny, and get all sorts of goodies they've been asking for for months. They are very happy little ones...

And then, the Easter egg hunt begins....

Prince Alec takes an early lead--scoring two eggs within seconds! We anticipate his future to hold something with forensics or possibly, detective work. :)

Princess Abs spots her first purple-colored egg, and nearly quits the hunt after finding just one!

Prince Aramis is a great hunter. He looks for the less obvious ones--and the ones more difficult to reach and grab. :)

Uh-oh...both Abs and Alec eyeball a yellow egg and start toward it.

Whoever is fastest will be the victor with the spoils!

Prince Aramis heads back to tally up his finds. He's done pretty darn well, and is quite pleased with himself. :)

We can always tell when the royals have had an EXCELLENT day.

We find them like this:

and this....