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Happy Easter!

Despite desperately wanting this baby to come, it has been a very nice Easter weekend.

Yesterday morning, we dyed eggs.  Sam wanted to know if a dyed egg and a died (a.k.a. dead) egg were one in the same.  Ummmm… no.

In the afternoon, despite some rain, Dan took Luke, Sam and Maria to an egg hunt.  Jack claimed that he was too old.  (Yikes!)  He did say that he’d go next year to help the baby collect his eggs.

Chaos reigned after dinner when we made Easter Cookies.

Early this morning, the kids discovered their Easter baskets, hunted for eggs the Bunny hid and ate breakfast before Mass.  In an effort to avoid stains, I had the kids eat THEN dress.  All went fairly well until the picture taking session, during which Lukie got a bloody nose while messing around with his siblings, trying to avoid the camera.  So much for avoiding stains.  (Hey – Kristina!  Remind you of another Hemmersmeier Easter???)

(notice the blood on Luke's shirt?)

Finally… a half-way decent picture (if you overlook Dan’s goofy face, Luke’s stained clothes, Jack’s unsmiling face and Maria’s feet):

After this picture was taken, we all headed out the door to Mass.  There were two services at the same time, so it wasn’t too crowded and we had no trouble getting a seat right up front.  One of the cantors started things off with a boisterous and long rendition of an Alleluia.  When she finished, the silence was deafening.

Sam, not one to lose an opportunity, chose that moment to ask, quite loudly, from the front row, “Is church over now?”