Easter Fun!

Easter weekend was really hoppin' at the Contini house! We had the usual battery of baseball games, followed by Easter activities.

We had lots of fun dying Easter eggs. I don't recommend the marble dye package. What an oily mess that was!

The Easter bunny left her usual trail of jelly beans to the Easter baskets. As you can see above, she was short a basket bag.

The baskets were filled with new bathing suits, a DVD for each boy, and candy. The above shows some of the cute things the bunny did with the candy this year.


I made cupcakes for Easter brunch. The eyes and nose are mini M&M's, the ears are marshmallows, and the whiskers are twizzlers. Fun and easy to make!

After Mass we headed over to Pete's mom's house for the family Easter celebration.

First was the traditional "little kids" hunt. This is for the 9 and under bunch.

The kids run like crazy grabbing all the eggs they can!

Christopher showing off his loot!



Joey with his toys and candy.

Then the backyard was "reloaded" for the big kids. I use the term loosely, as you can see from the size of the kids above! I love the fact that these guys still love to do the hunt.

Of course they are probably motivated by the fact that their eggs contain money along with candy.

Zach's take was $20 this year. Not bad!

After a delicious lunch, the kids spent the day in the pool. The day started off pretty gloomy, so I didn't give much thought to sunscreen. A couple hours later it hit me that it was pretty sunny out, so called the kids out for sunscreen. Too late. Everyone got fried. Yikes. Other than that, it was a wonderful day spent with family! How was your day?

So that is where they went...

I was rolling up the sleeping bag that Zach used on a recent sleep over. I noticed it was a bit lumpy, so opened it up.


What did I find? 8 pairs of socks and a pair of boxers. I guess I can stop blaming the washing machine.

Baseball birthday

Today we celebrated Joey's birthday with a baseball party!



We started off with the "dizzy bat game". The boys had to put their forehead on the bat, spin around 10 times, then run the bases. It was certainly a lot of fun to watch!


Next was the matching game, where they had to match all the MLB teams with their cities. It was a bit difficult for them, so we had them work in teams.


Next was the obstacle course. This was basically the same one we did at Vinnie's party, where it was a huge hit.

The boys were pretty hungry after that, so we had lunch. What did they eat? Hot dogs, chips and Gatorade of course!


After lunch was the Home Run derby. This was by far the hit of the party. The boys took turns with a wiffle bat and ball, getting credit for a home run if it went over the fence. I seriously think they would have been happy doing this for 2 hours!


I finally managed to pull them away for some cupcakes. I made the baseball's out of fondant and drew the threads with a food marker.

Joey also requested some cake pops. I failed at my attempt to make the lego head cake pops for Vinnie's party, but agreed to give them another try. I think they came out pretty good!




After the cupcakes the boys played "pickle" in the front until their parents came. This was another game they probably could have played all day!


Everyone got to take home a goody bag. The bags contained Big League Chew, baseball cards, baseball tattoos, a small soft baseball and a bag of M & M's.

Team photo!!

All in all, an easy party. We are getting pretty good at these backyard parties and are already planning the theme for Christopher's party in September. Maybe pirates?