Happy Easter!

Melanie, Charlie, and Sammie got to hunt for Easter Eggs in the Westons' neighborhood egg hunt on Saturday morning.  Then, on Sunday, Melanie went to Sunday School and then the four of us headed to my parents' house to celebrate with them, Julie/Matt/Molly, Tom & Paula Elam, and two other Frankfort families with young sons (one who is two days younger than Joey!)  Melanie enjoyed Easter baskets from both sets of Grandparents, and now her pastime is putting odd objects (popcorn, toys, etc) into the plastic Easter eggs and presenting them to us.  She was NOT a fan of the bunny character at the egg hunt - but enjoyed seeing the gray Easter bunny hop across our yard Sunday morning.

Happy Easter!

On Easter Sunday, we headed to Frankfort after church.  Melanie had a great time playing with Molly and hunting Easter eggs.  She found a lot of eggs in the back yard and then the hunt moved to the front, where she also did a great job.  She even shared her eggs with Molly and Sam (Troyer, a 7-month-old friend of the family).  I practiced holding Sam in front of Mel; after a brief territorial situation, she seemed to be okay with it and moved to Daddy's lap.  We had a great Easter, and were blessed with great weather to celebrate!

Mel obviously takes after her Daddy when it comes to discovering what is in her Easter eggs.  It's a Doan family legend that (one of) the first Easters I brought Jeff home, he cleaned up on the egg hunt - taking home the majority of the cash that my dad had hidden around the yard.  Each year since, we've had lottery tickets instead of cash.  Mel enjoyed checking out her loot, as noted below.

Easter Egg Hunt

Mel practiced up for the Zionsville Easter Egg Hunt on Friday evening in her pajamas, in our living room.  She was all ready with her game face on - but I think the crowds and confusion dampered her spirits a bit.  She had a great time at the park, eating breakfast with Ellie (Mel had FIVE sausage links in addition to her pancakes), and running wild; but when it came time to the actual hunt, it was a bit difficult to find our footing.  We'll try again on Easter Sunday at Gigi & Poppy's!  She had a great time as long as the characters (Easter Bunny, Chic-Fil-A cow, etc) didn't approach her :)