Hop little Bunny Hop

I thought I would have a quick catch up on our busy family weekend.  Apart from the copious amounts of sweets and chocolate we seem to have received, this weekend has whizzed by.

• Good Friday having popped into town we had a lovely family lunch at Granny and Grampy's.  (I am not at all jealous of Mikes brother and family who are now sitting in the sunnier climes of Goa.)
• We went on a very muddy Easter Egg hunt around our village with my sister and her boys.  Organised by the little pre-school which has an intake of 30 per day about 400+ children turned up - each year it just keeps getting bigger and bigger.
• We went scooting on Easter Sunday along the seafront before heading to my Mums for a family dinner.  I am seriously jealous of my brother who is heading off today for a three week trip to the Cayman Islands to see our cousins. 
• My mum gave the kids these fantastic glasses which made them all look really cute.  They had yet more chocolate and my Mum put together a little egg hunt around the garden.
• Michael had his first sail of the season albeit a bit chilly.
• The kids love cheering him on with a spot of stone throwing and treasure hunting.  Amelie is so cute when she is watching her Daddy sailing - she always thinks he is winning.  Harriet must have asked me a thousand times where Daddy?  
• Any trip to the beach results in me returning pockets laden with stones.
• Today we are having a quiet catch up.  I really need to sort the house out and Mike wants to sort his fence out.

I have seen so many amazing Easter photos over on Instagram.  I hope you all had a lovely weekend.

Eggxellent Easter Eggs.

I'm not sure why but for some reason I never knew decorating eggs for Easter could be so much fun.  I know I have left it a bit late this year but it hasn't stopped me lusting after all the gorgeous DIY Easter egg projects I have come across.  I am awe struck by some of the talented bloggers I come across each day.

Here are some of my favorite DIY Easter inspired finds.

I love this bowl of golden eggs by miss renaissance.  Such a simple idea creates such an amazing result.

I had never heard of cascarones or confetti eggs until I saw these amazing eggs on A Pretty Cool Life.  I wish I had discovered this fab tradition sooner as I might have made them for our family Easter gathering.

Everyone loves a pinata and how cool are these by Oh Happy Day

I love these beaded eggs I found on DIY Enthusiasts.  They would make a beautiful gift for someone special.

Imagine how great these would look as part of an Easter egg hunt.  Learn how to make these fab sparkly eggs over on She Knows How.  Also if you are wondering (as I often had) how you paint the eggs and get them to dry without finger prints all over them hop over to She Knows How for a fab tip.

These glitter bomb eggs by a little craft in your day look so much fun.  I think these might be on my DIY list of things to make for next year.

If you missed out earlier in the week you can check out our Easter egg decorations here.

I Love a Good Easter Tree.

You can't have Easter without a bit of egg blowing and painting. This year I went with a pink, white, gold and black theme.

With all those blown eggs it would be rude not to make an Easter nest cake.

How do you like your eggs?

In all honesty I can not stand eggs.  They are one of my pet hates.  I will eat them in cakes and pancakes but on their own is just something I can not stand.  It has become a bit of a joke in our house now that if Amelie has eggs for breakfast then she can not have a kiss afterwards.  She thinks this is hilarious and has taken to fibbing and then rolling around in hysterics about how funny her joke was.  However this hate for eggs does not apply to Easter.  Here are some of my favourite Eggy Easter finds.

1 Eggs & Soldiers Hotel Chocolat £7 

2 Fried Egg Necklace Tigerlillyquinn £16.99

3 Duo Cracked Easter Eggs Harrods £9.95

4 Hundreds & Thousands Chocolate Egg Fortnum & Mason £19.50

5 Beaded egg filled with mini chocolate eggs GODIVA Chocolatier £55

6 Sunnyside Up Backpack BABA Souk $32 

7 Easter Egg Sandwich Hotel Chocolat £10

Break the Easter Egg Mold - Alternative Gift Ideas

With Easter just around the corner it has got me thinking of suitable gifts for our youngest daughter.  Harriet (now two) has suffered since birth with intolerance's to all dairy, eggs and soya which can make occasions like Easter a little tricky.  I obviously don't want her to miss out but at the same time I need to be mindful of Amelie, it's a bit mean to withhold all things chocolate.  I have found a few suitable Easter eggs but this year I thought I would look for some alternative ideas that they would both like.  Here are a few of my favourite finds.

1: Cute Easter Bunny Glasses Paperchase £4

(maybe a bit expensive for Easter and not really suitable for Amelie but how cute is this little dress)

2 Bunny Rabbit Dress Wild Things £44 

3 Geometric neon Bunny Brooch £10 Bunny Brooch £12.50 both SketchInc Etsy 

4 Pop Out Chicken and Rooster Cards The Kid Who £5

5 Easter Bunny Sequin Mask Paperchase £6