Happy Easter!

Somehow we advanced from "should we celebrate Easter with Ben?" to "let's shower more gifts on him than we did at Christmas" in the matter of 24 hours. It started innocently enough, a few small items for his Easter basket from Walgreens. Then we were shopping at Target and I found a couple fun things for the backyard. Hubby saw them and decided to hit Toys R Us in search of a few more items (this is by far the most bizarre thing that has happened so far in our parenting experience by the way - hubby, at TRU, alone, per his suggestion??).

And he came back with a ridiculous pile of loot -- this awesome tent, tunneling contraption; a basketball hoop; and a train set.

Even Stella got into the action, lifting this giant duck Paula got Ben, and taking it as her own on to the couch.

Before all the gift-giving craziness got started, we did manage to make it to early mass, which was my only request this weekend. And while we spent the bulk of the hour chasing after the little guy and trying to keep him quiet, it was wonderful (as always) to be there. I pray for more of it in the future.

Finally, we were lucky enough to have the Easter bunny visit our backyard while we were at church and Ben loved picking up all the eggs he could fine.

Was it a beautiful weekend where you are celebrating Easter today? I hope you had a lovely day with your family.