a truly lovely easter

We had a great day yesterday! Even thought it was busy (we had infant nursery duty at church, AND I was singing in the choir), the kids behaved beautifully, we made it from place to place on time, and we had a fun lunch and egg hunt with our bible study friends.

We took about 30 shots aiming for a good one of the 3 kids together- this was as good as it got-

The definition of a successful Easter is your 4 year old falling asleep in the car on the way home! I love how he is still clutching an egg.

This year's Easter fun made me think of last year which was not so fun because George had been up all night with terrible asthma, we were all exhausted, and the kids were beyond crabby. One thing we're so thankful for this year is that George's asthma is MUCH MUCH improved. Seasonal allergies are a major trigger, and March and April in 2009 and 2010 were dreadful in terms of scary asthma attacks and being up all night and constantly being too sick to go places. This year we have actually not yet had to get out the nebulizer and there have been ZERO asthma attacks... wow. We're not sure if it's because we've been working with a specialist for a year now and have tightened up the med regime, or because we've made lots of environmental changes to our home (green cleaning products and an air purifier seem to have helped considerably), or if he is starting to grow out of it a bit. Regardless, George being well was the best thing in my Easter basket this year.