Sidney immediatly sat at the end of the table with her eggs and proceeded to eat every peice of chocolate mixing in a few jelly beans along the way. We would normally intercept the candy but it was too cute watching her intently eating the chocolate. Little did we know that Abby and Keyan were passing theirs down to her as well.....
Abagayle liked the M&Ms but decided that the other chocolate made way to big of a mess and just started yelling for a wipey! She quickly moveed onto the new sticker book and crayons...
Keyan was enthralled with opening her eggs, emptying them, refilling them, and then putting them back together. She did it over and over again, much to our dog Molly's delight because she was constantly spilling candy onto the floor. She was surprised to find stuff in the eggs every time that she opened them. We were so happy to have her home to celebrate with us and she actually had a really great day....
McKenzy quickly ate her M&Ms and than was off to find Gammie and her coffee. She needed her coffee fix before she was going to tolerate any more early morning celebrating. She never went back to eggs but instead spent her time wondering around the kitchen exploring all the things that she could get into....
Jamahl moved right past the candy to start working on the new lego set the Easter Bunny left him. I thought Grammie was going to kill the Easter Bunny for leaving yet more legos, but Grammie joined right in on the building like the good sport she always is. Jamahl had been sick the entire week prior to Easter so we were also glad to have him feeling better. I have to admit that I got a little teary when he came out all dressed up. He is growing up way to quick!
So, for the rest of the story....Sidney continued to eat everyone's chocolate until she started to look at little green. After trying her Cadbury Egg, she decided that she better go lay on the couch. We went about getting everyone ready and she never said another word. We got to the restaurant, she ate her lunch, and everything was going smoothly, until she looked at me, put her bib over her mouth, and threw up all over our Easter table! As if we aren't a spectical enough!!!! She actully managed not to get it all over her dressy clothes, but her sisters and Jamahl had quite a time talking about what Sidney had done! We got her home and she layed on the couch until it was time to color eggs.
I have never colored eggs on Easter but with a family like ours you ahve to go with the flow so that is waht we did and it actually worked out really well. Everyone was relaxed and had fun. Uncle Jeremy and Auntie Roo got to our house just in time to help with that project!! I am sure they were excited about that.
We ended the day with cake and ice cream to celebrate Uncle Jeremy's birthday and haircuts for all the girls. It was a great day that was made better by all being together and having fun. I am sure that we will never forget Sidney eating all that chocolate, but I hope we also never forget about the special memories we made as a family! Happy Spring!
