[Claire]

I was laaaaaazy this year. I went Easter shopping on Saturday, and like baileykat, I usually spend like crazy for their baskets. This year? Notsomuch. Easter was just too early and we had no plans to stay with grandparents, so we kept it low-key.

Courtney got a Caboodles box as her basket and I filled it with nail polish, remover, loofahs, clippers, and other fun big girl stuff, plus candy (Target, I love thee). Cassidy got a butterfly net as her basket and I filled it with bug-catching stuff and candy. Chloe got an Olivia pail as her basket (she is Olivia) and Sleeping Beauty magnet/paper dolls, bubbles, play-dough and candy.

The Easter Bunny and the Tooth Fairy had their annual collision and left money and candy all over the house once again. The kids save their teeth for months and will only leave them out the night before Easter (unless they need cash for something specific) so that the Easter Bunny and Tooth Fairy come the same night. It happened once when I was little, so Courtney's been orchestrating this annual event since I told her about it when she was six.

We ate a late lunch downtown at the Governor Hotel with my sister and her fiance. Jake's Catering does this gorgeous cold seafood buffet in the Heritage Ballroom that is fantastic. We stayed for hours, chatted and drank mimosas, ate waaaay too much chocolate truffle cheescake, drank too much coffee, ate too many shrimp, too much prime rib......it was the best Easter in SUCH a long time!! I'm not sure you could drag me to family reunion-type Easters ever again!!!