Visiting the Easter Bunny

Today Olivia was able to visit the Easter Bunny! I'd originally planned to take both girls after school on Thursday to the mall to get their picture with the Easter Bunny, but got a call around 11:45am from the school nurse that Sofia had fallen and would likely need stitches! Olivia was in the middle of her "chemistry" class at the Hurst Recreation Center, so I had to get her out of her class and zip to Sofia's school. Once I arrived, the nurse said she would only need a butterfly bandage and that there was really no need to take her to the urgent care. She was bandaged up and we headed home so Sofia could rest her leg and keep it iced to reduce swelling. There was no way I was going to convince her to visit the Easter Bunny.

Today, Sofia's friend Milani had her 7th birthday party at Artisan Theater where the girls watched the play Junie B. Jones at noon. While Sofia was enjoying the play and party, I took Olivia to the annual Easter event at Delaney Vineyards. We've gone for several years and it's always been a lot of fun. We arrived just as it was starting and it was very crowded. We got in line to visit the Easter Bunny and Mrs. Bunny and were well in the middle of the line, but it still took us nearly an hour to get up there! I was a bit nervous Olivia would be scared by the time we got up to the Bunnies, but she kept saying she really wanted to see the Easter Bunny.

We finally made it up to the Easter Bunny and Mrs. Bunny and Olivia was so excited to sit on their lap and take a picture! It was so cute! Last year she was not into the Easter Bunny at all, so it was good to see that her feelings have changed. I originally thought we could return for another visit and photo after picking up Sofia, but after that huge wait there was no way we were coming back! After the picture, we headed out to the parking lot where there were food stands, bounce houses, face painting and the main stage where they announced the start of the Easter Egg Hunt, which we missed for Olivia's age group. In fact, I don't think we've ever done the Easter Egg hunt there in the years we've gone. I was so hungry that we both bought hot dogs and chips. I really wanted a pulled pork sandwich, but the line was way too long. Olivia and I sat on the curb and ate our food while enjoying the beautiful weather. Olivia really wanted to go into the bounce house, but the line was easily going to take us 20-30 minutes. I told Olivia that I'd be happy to take her to Jump For Fun anytime she wanted but that the line was just too long. She was fine with that and we decided on getting some cotton candy. Of course, that line was very long as well, but the line for the popcorn was short, so we switched to popcorn and headed to the car. Olivia munched on her popcorn while we walked back to our car and was fine with not doing the bounce house or face painting. I'd love to enjoy it all but there were just too many people and the lines were so long. They need to increase the number of bounce houses, face painters and food stands next year.

We returned to Artisan Theater and Milani and her friends were just finishing up the party. We picked up Sofia, who'd had a great time, and headed home. With 21 people coming to our house for Easter Sunday tomorrow, I still needed to get a lot done. I'd baked the carrot cake that morning and made the frosting, but needed to frost the cake and make sugar cookies and frost those. I also needed to make the dough for the Resurrection Buns. I've always bought the croissant dough at the grocery store before, but wanted to make it from scratch this year. I'm glad Olivia was able to visit the Easter Bunny and plan to get both girls there a lot earlier next year!

Sofia and her friend Milani

Olivia ready for a little Easter fun. She's wearing a pink bunny jacket my Mom gave Sofia that doesn't really fit her anymore, but she wanted to wear it.

Such a cutie!

Olivia with the Easter Bunny and Mrs. Bunny

Enjoying our popcorn on the way to the car.