Look how much Elise changed in a year! These are from her preschool egg hunt - she insisted on wearing the princess crown, with pink fur, to school.

The day before Easter we attended the Kimberly-Clark Family Egg Hunt again (the 24th annual).

That night we hosted a “neighborhood egg hunt” in our backyard for some of our terrific neighbors and friends - we LOVE our neighborhood. The girls dresses were from Macy’s, the day after Christmas ($60 marked down to $12) and Angela bought the same one for Kelsey. Amanda has been one of Elena’s best friends this year in Kindergarten.

Then the Easter bunny came on Easter morning, but we didn’t get a chance to color eggs until that day.

Let me just say, for you readers out there, that I am sorry it has taken me so long to post since the last one about resettling into America. I will just say that it took a lot of time and effort for me to get settled with two kids, as well as begin the adoption process. I’ll hopefully be posting again soon with more information about that. Stay tuned.

Well, it’s been a year and three quarters since I last blogged, so I fully realize that there may not be anyone out there who still reads my blog, and therefore will read this new post. But that’s okay…this is as much for my records as it is for the world at large. Two years ago when I began this blog I posted a lot of pics of Easter 2006 and the girls, then 1 & 3 (really more like ‘almost 2′ and ‘almost 4′). I wasn’t very settled into a good computer routine in any of 2007 so I didn’t do much with e-mail or blogging. But when I sat down to post again and was about to upload Easter 2008, I realized I needed to include Easter 2007 for a full understanding of life around Easter-time for Elena & Elise. So I hope any readers who exist out there will enjoy the progression through ages 2 &4, AND 3 & 5 (now that they are ‘almost 4′ & ‘almost 6′ ).

Easter 2007 - Coloring eggs…

We attended a couple of egg hunts. Elise had an egg hunt at preschool.

Then we attended the Kimberly-Clark sponsored Family Egg Hunt, which was awesome!

Our neighborhood hosted a get-together with a mobile petting zoo, with baby farm animals. The girls loved holding baby bunnies and chicks, and stroking the baby lamb. (The painted bunny on Elise’s cheek is airbrushed from the K-C Egg Hunt party).

And this picture is from Easter morning. The girls got Raggedy Ann & Andy dolls from the Easter Bunny.

Too many photos to include Easter 2008. Please see the next post.