Saturday night we had aunt Anita and grandma Tanya over for some easter egg decorating. Lillian thought it was great fun to paint the eggs AND her mouth. Luckily all the dye is of course safe and came right off.
We had a low key easter; we were all tired out so we had dinner for just the three of us. I bought candy and made an easter basket with the thought of a nice picture opportunity and Jared and I being able to enjoy some of our favorite candy (notice nowhere in there was I planning on her getting candy).
Since the weather was so horrid (6-8inches new snow) I put jelly beans in some of the plastic eggs and put them all around the living room for her to find. She had fun doing that, she didnt want to let go of the eggs once she found them but once we showed her there were more she was willing to relinquish the eggs in hand and dash off to the newly spotted ones. Once she was all done finding the eggs there was a big pile of them in the living room, Jared started opening them and emptying the jelly beans into a pile. This is where it gets interesting. Lillian was interested in the beans, believing they were toys I think so she grabbed two big fistfulls, she was continually trying to get more into her little hands so she would reach out to grab two more and drop three, reach out to get a pile more picking up 4 and dropping two...you get the idea. It was all very cute. Then she looked at us and shoved them into her mouth, as many as she could---which was ALOT. We are pretty amused at this point and Jared convinces me she should be fine so we let her eat them. She starts trying to chew but her mouth is so full she cant really do more than move them around a bit, then all the candy colored sugary saliva starts running out her mouth, down her chin, onto her pajama's, all the while she is clearly delighted and trying to shove more beans into her mouth! We let her have her two fistfulls then we called it good and quickly hid all the other candy.
By the time the egg hunt was over it was getting fairly late and there was no time for a nap before church, not that the sugar sassy child was going to think of taking a nap anyway. So we got ready and dressed Lillian in her adorable dress from grandma Becky and grandpa Jared. She was a big hit at the church daycare and one ladies was telling us how she was her favorite (we always love hearing that). There were so many kids I dont know how they corralled them all, they called in some of the older kids who's parents were working to help. There was a nice service, standing room only. Finally, on the way home she gave up the fight and rested after her exciting day. 
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