Six Stechers: Easter 2011

***Wow! I'm so frustrated with Blogger! I published this post a week ago, but late last week it was deleted without any evidence it ever existed. I guess this happened across the board with many, many blogs. Obviously, I have enough trouble keeping up with blogging as it is. The last thing I want is to have to redo a post. Anyway, here goes Version B of Easter 2011 ***

Easter was a big treat for us this year! We woke up on Easter morning at Mop and Pop's house in Orange County, where the girls mysteriously had twice the loot they would normally get at home :) As soon as they donned their new Easter dresses, they were let loose in the living room.

Tessa, ever the candy hoarder, thought she was pretty sneaky with goodies. We even had a moment right before we left for mass when we couldn't find her anywhere. Sure enough, she was tucked behind the living room sofa, unwrapping a Starburst.

Meanwhile, Annie was equally happy just holding hands with Mop during the walk to mass.

After mass, we headed to brunch at Mop and Pop's country club, and I'm not sure what the bigger hit was -- sitting next to Uncle Kyle or seeing the Easter Bunny. Megan and Bridget loved goofing off with their uncle!

What I didn't get a picture of, though, was the twins' reaction to the Easter Bunny. They had their eyes on him during the entire meal as he floated around the room, and whenever he came within 30 feet of our table, their lower lips jutted out and the waterworks started. And Tessa employed an interesting defense: she put her head down on the table, and didn't flinch for at least 20 minutes. We had a lot of people wander by with comments about the "sleeping baby" at our table. I'm sure she was never asleep, though. This is just her well-honed defense mechanism for pretending someone unsavory is not there. She also uses it when strangers approach her and Annie in their stroller to chat and coo at them. She has always been sooo shy with strangers, and will turn her head to the side and bury it in the stroller, waiting for people to walk away. Maybe she was expecting the Easter Bunny to ask which one was older, if they were twins, if they run in the family, how they were delivered, or if they were "natural." All of these seem fair game for the average fellow shopper, cashier or passer-by, so why not the Easter Bunny? ;)

Of course, now, when Annie relates the story of seeing the Easter Bunny (because she is a chatty one!!), the details have changed a little. Her version goes something like this: "I see Easter Bunny. I say hi Easter Bunny. I like Easter Bunny. Tessa no say hi. Tessa put head down on table!" Hmmm. I seem to remember Annie being pretty scarred as well. I must have that wrong...

We did manage a family shot, too, complete with my 27 week belly!