"Here Comes Peter Cotten Tail!"

Things in the South move slowly - obviously I have picked up this southern habit since Easter was several weeks ago and I am just now getting around to posting pictures.  You know the old saying.....Better Late Then Never!!  That saying fits my life to a "T" lately.....Nevertheless, the Easter Bunny did pay us a visit on a deliciously sunny, spring day!!

Family began arriving after church to eat and hunt eggs!  Pooh and Wee Bob were the first to arrive after stopping off at Meme T and Papa G's house to check out what the Easter Bunny had left on their doorstep.  The Easter Bunny was busier than Old Saint Nick!

The Easter Bunny also visited the farm where he left a pail full of Sponge Bob favorites - and a small gray bunny.

It was hard to decide what to do first.....hunt eggs or eat.  Well, that was a "no brainer"!  EAT!!

Food was plentiful with pork roast, corn, baked bean, potato salad, rolls, deviled eggs, sweet tea, banana pudding and fresh STRAWBERRIES!!   Wee Bob just wanted strawberries!

Uncle A and Pooh decided to get in a game of Frisbee before the egg hunt only some "little cowboy" kept running away with the Frisbee!

Finally, with stomachs full and arms and legs exercised, the Great Hunt began....

It didn't take long for Wee Bob to get the hang of finding eggs....

Uncle A found a large surprise egg.  Wonder what was inside to make him grin???

Before long, Wee Bob had found a whole bucket of eggs.  He was delighted to discover that when he opened the eggs they were filled with coins!  Wee Bob LOVES coins.  More than strawberries or ice cream.  More than pizza or Mountain Dew.  More than apples sauce or spaghetti!

"I'll just put a few coins in my pocket and save them for a rainy day>"

Pooh found a prize egg too.  Wee Bob decided to empty all his little eggs into Pooh's big egg.  

Enough egg hunting......time for a little basketball practice with Pappy and.......

just sitting around "shooting the bull"!

Meanwhile, Big A took to "swinging" and Wee Bob and Pooh took to riding toys down the driveway.

  Meme T supervised and made sure there were no wrecks.  I stood by with my camera ready to "click" at a moment's notice!

Late that afternoon, after everyone went home and all the food was and put away.....WAIT!....did I say there was food left?  Let me rephrase that.....after the bowls, glasses and utensils were washed and the paper plates were put in the trash can.....(there, that's better).....JR and I took a ride around the farm to check the cattle and visit with the donkeys.  There is nothing like a peaceful, quiet ride across green pastures to remind me that God has truly blessed His land and people.

Dee Dee

A Little Color Please For the Eggs!

Two days before Easter, Wee Bob and I decided we needed to dye some eggs for Easter. It's tradition around these parts!

 We Bob learned to lower the eggs in slowly with a spoon.....

 Then to wait patiently (did I say patiently?) while the color took hold.......

 When Wee  Bob thought no one was looking, he tried "free styling" it.......

 "Try using a spoon Wee Bob......or your fingers will turn ghoulish colors!"

 "I tried the spoon thing Dee Dee and guess what?  It's much faster using my fingers!"

 Now that is one pretty basket of Easter Eggs!!

Egg Coloring Lesson #1 over and done.  Now it is off to the barn to visit Pappy.

 "Hey Pappy....How do you like my yellow and green hands?"

"I really think we need to move that black cow with the white spot on its head over to the Longhollow pasture."

 "And since we are on the subject of cattle......don't you think we need to purchase another bull?"

 "And while we are at it, what do you think about buying a new tractor?  One of those yellow and green ones?"

 "Oh rats!  Dee Dee has found us - now she is going to want to clean all the mud, dirt, grime, cow poop and food dye off of me.   Pappy, tell Dee Dee that real cowboys are supposed to smell!"

"I knew it, I knew it, I knew it!  Real cowboys don't stand a chance around this farm!"

And so the day ended with a sweet smelling, well fed, clean clothed, little cowboy ready to ride the wheels back home with his mom.  So what if his little fingers were still a "wee bit" ghoulish looking!! Green and yellow fits the tractor theme perfectly!