I've Been Dying To Try This

The last time Picasa updated it gave me lots of additonal options for photo editing.  I thought several of them were pretty cool and wanted to give them a try.

Here's the original picture.

Holga-ish

1960s ~ It gives it that really cool retro feel.

Vignette

Polaroid

Museum Matte

Pencil Sketch ~ My favorite!

The Hunt Is On

Next, it was time for the annual Easter egg hunt.  Everybody grabbed their baskets, lined up, and proceeded to the yard to search for the candy-filled eggs.

Lorelai's dress just happened to match her basket perfectly.  We had another dress picked out but I realized as she was getting dressed that it needed to be washed.  The back-up option turned out even better than planned.   

 Finders keepers!

Chase and Miller showing off their loot.

Easter Gifts

While at our Easter celebration the kids opened their presents from Ma and Pap.  Pap gave the girls bracelets, but I didn't get any pictures of them opening those.

The girls got Princess underwear, socks, and bunny ears.

I couldn't get Sierra to pose for me at the time, but eventually she did show off her bunny ears (see upcoming post).

 The boys got Cars underwear, socks, and sunglasses.

 Ma really enjoyed watching them open their gifts. 

The Easter Bunny Was Here

Once the baskets were made it was time for the Easter Bunny to come and bring the goodies.  

Showing off their loot.  By the time the camera got focused Miller was usually looking away.

Lorelai, the seasoned professional, held her poses as long as needed.

Before headng to Uncle Rob's and Aunt Lisa's for our annual lunch/Easter egg hunt, they kids decided to have an outdoor picnic complete with bunny-shaped marshmallows.

Fun To Dye For

The Friday before Easter the kids and I went to Sierra and Chase's to dye eggs.  Not always the cleanest activity, but definitely one of the season's favorites and most traditonal.  Before we headed inside to get started I took some pictures outdoors of the kids playing on the swingset.  KC was always close by.

When dyeing eggs, an apron is a must.

Chase was very patient with this activity and wanted all of his eggs to be blue.

Since the colors had to be shared Lisa persuaded him that green wasn't such a back back-up choice.

The Miller Man couldn't get enough of the green.  He would have had one more green in his collection but he cracked two of his eggs together and the green one didn't make it.

Sierra headed straight for the orange but for some reason the dye just wouldn't hold.  She did a great job with the colors she chose,though.  Pink (red) was a huge hit.

And finally we come to Ms. Lorelai.   She, in turn, wanted everything pink.  She made a few yellows and blues, but pink was the star of her collection.

After the eggs dried, the kids were able to decorate the eggs with stickers and glitter to give them some pizazz.

 By: Lorelai

By: Sierra

By: Miller

By: Chase