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Easter Picnic at TDC

This past Saturday, The Door Church hosted a fun, family picnic and Easter egg hunt on the lawn of our church. We had SO much fun eating and playing with friends.... Eleanor had the best time and it COMPLETELY wore her out! From the bounce houses to the hunt, she was all about it!

Daddy wore Tripper boy for the first little bit until it was time for him to nap... he was such a champ!
 
Momma and her precious baby girl... who could care less about a picture and was way more concerned with bounce houses.
 
So off to the bounce houses we went...
 
And to the slides....
 Having fun in the "big kids" bounce house...
 
Notice the curled up hands? Eleanor loves to make fists when she is really excited and when she is really mad. At this point, it was because she was excited.
 
Leni Kate, Eleanor and Lucy were ready for those eggs!
 And the hunt began! The church had a special section for kiddos under 2. We had no clue what Eleanor would do, but she actually had fun picking up the eggs. She really didn't get the whole, put them into your basket, thing.
 
But she was so curious as to what could be in these little guys....
 
So she was filled with DELIGHT when she opened each egg to find that there was a treat! Luckily, she is at the age that she doesn't really know what most treats are, so the fact that they didn't make it home with us really didn't ruffle her feathers.
 
And good little Tripp was just enjoying the day in the shade.... he napped perfectly at the picnic once we put him in the BOB!
 Eleanor showing off the inside of the eggs she found....
 
When no one was looking, Eleanor started hoarding eggs. She dropped her basket, would go take some from other kids and stuff them in her shirt. HA!
 
Me trying to get a picture with both kids. This was the best one....
 
Daddy and a TIRED, ROUGH looking Eleanor. She was POOPED.
 
And our cute boys with our sweaty, tired little girls. I mean, look at Eleanor... that is pretty much unacceptable.
 After the picnic, Daddy walked Eleanor and Tripp home so that they could both keep sleeping.... when they got home, this is how I found them.
 Such a fun day! We love our church family!
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