Easter 2009 with the Chatt's

So, because the awesome Island Real Estate Vacation Rental team had everything under control at the office I was able to take Saturday and Sunday off on Easter Weekend. It was a great two days together as a family.

On Saturday we spent some time outside at the trampoline. Sat out on our swing and enjoyed the wonderful Florida Spring Day. We bowled on our Wii as well as all became rock stars and had our 15 minutes of fame. Yah, ok it was just on Rock Star on the Wii but it is great fun.

Easter day we got up at the crack of dawn and headed out to the Bradenton Yacht club for their Easter Egg hunt at 10 AM. It was a well organized event that was separated into two groups. Grayson was in the smaller children group and they smartly started the toddlers first then the bigger children. Below you will find the video I took of the Easter Egg hunt.

After the Easter Egg hunt Jennifer had made previous reservations for a 10:30 AM Easter Brunch at the yacht club. They had raw oysters, shrimp, make to order omelette's, plenty of other choices as well as lots of deserts. They also had $2 special cocktails.

After stuffing ourselves we headed over to Emerson Point to walk around a little. It is only a few minutes from the Bradenton Yacht club. We ran into a number of wonderful large family barbecue cookouts. The barbecue person of the family through a gas barbecue grill in their truck and brought it to the beach and by noon the entire family had arrived for what appeared to be a delicious barbecue even after we stuffed ourselves.

We watched a few kayakers head out from the point and enjoyed the views at Emerson point. We took our 25 minute drive to Anna Maria Island and we all crashed except for Grayson. Of course with his energy level he made it through the entire day without the normal "feast" nap.

We closed out the day with a three way bowling game on the Wii where Jennifer proceeded to beat the guys of the family. Grayson is just like his daddy, both of us don't like to lose. After our father and son tantrum, we calmed down and quickly turned off the game to be played another day. I knew I lost due to being well out of the "zone" and unsure Grayson's reason for losing but would guest that missing his nap could not have helped. I am sure we both will rethink a future bowling game in the future against Jennifer.

What a fantastic Easter. Wish you all could have been with us. Hope you had a wonderful Easter also!