Happy Easter!

What a weekend! The Hoover family packed a whole lot of fun into Easter weekend this year, despite the again freezing temperatures. First up in warming those hearts, Emma met the Easter Bunny again. Her hair appropriate for the floppy-eared one, her beads her own choosing to go along with the outfit. Too cute.



The cold meant the last bit of winter-wear was brought out.



Along with silly hats to make the inside time a little easier.







Finally, Easter Sunday arrived, with Emma coming downstairs to find eggs hidden throughout the house. Six of the eggs had special Littlest Pet Shop creatures. These are Emma's favorite toy--who would have thought, tiny animals would get Emma's attention? :) .



A purple pig, who somehow had the same eyes as our little girl.



The Easter Bunny was also sneaky enough to pick up a panda Emma had her eye on at the mall. She was sure he saw her in the store, and probably went and picked it up right after she got his photo with him. Since she knows that guys like Santa and the Easter Bunny use helpers to gain information, she wondered whether the guy she had her picture taken with was the real deal. "He did have glasses, and was white," she thought. She couldn't be happier to add "Penelope" the Panda to her collection of creatures.







Keeping with tradition, the Easter Bunny also gave Emma a trashy Disney nightgown. Dad an Mom have dubbed it "baby lingerie," but Emma could care less. Deals had been struck about where she could wear this. Somehow though, we ended up in the grocery store with this on (and a couple additional layers of modesty).



8:00 am is NOT to earlier for peep testing on Easter.







Adding to the healthy day.











Hamming it up, while the ham is awaiting.







Mommy, Daddy, and Emma then went on a journey to search for clues about where the Easter Bunny came from. Emma would stop at muddy spots and looked for his tracks, hypothesizing what paths he used and where he likely stopped for breaks.







Beautiful ladies, beautiful Vermont.












As our late lunch baked in the oven (ham, home made mac & cheese, asparagus), Emma took on coloring some eggs.



Little hands crafting little artworks.



Post-lunch veg out, enjoying the Pinocchio DVD.



To shake off the cobwebs, and work off some of the calories, we all went to the park. Emma, being quite the hat girl, took one of Mommy's newest additions out for a try.




























We hope all our friends and family had just as much fun this Easter weekend. Sending lots of love from our neck of the woods to yours.