The Hoekstra Family: Easter

We had the best Easter ever!!!! It included being in the back yard for 9 hours straight!!! My kids played with my parents in the morning and then J's parents in the afternoon and then friends in the evening. It was a night to give pain meds bc I knew there would be growing pains during the night. Look at the kids Easter basket they got this year.

Yes it's a very big Easter gift but they have been dying for one forever!!!! Until now we really didn't have a place for them to enjoy it (we live on a busy street) and no place to store it. The new house is on a court and we have a 3 car garage so it's the perfect time to get them one. Yesterday they enjoyed it in the backyard. The 3 of them were all in it for at least an hour just riding around loving it. E had his stone face on but when you tried to take him out he freaked out. C drove it mostly and was doing a great job. Av got the hang of it by the end of the day. My sister had sent Ester baskets for the kids thankfully bc she saved the day on that. I hadn't made them baskets bc the tractor was enough of a gift from the bunny (from mom and dad and G&PP). So thanks AA for sending the baskets!!! They loved them and yes they knew they were from you. Actually when they got the gift it was the baskets at first that they were way more interested in. They had fun opening all the different eggs. ( e was still sleeping) They loved, loved, loved the baskets!! They also had bathing suits from G&PP that they loved.

I need to back up though for a minute. The Easter baskets were outside with the tractor. C had J and I up a lot of the night so him and I were trying to sleep in a little. The girls were sorta looking for their baskets but being good and waiting for us. By the time I got up (8:30) they were ready. We had them looking all over the house knowing they were outside. heheheh mean. By the time they got frustrated we said we heard Jack barking last night and "maybe the bunny was scared by Jack and left them outside." So out they went to hunt. Finally we opened the garage and Av spotted it. They were very excited.