Easter

A little girl, 20 months old, in a little pink dress running about the yard looking for the brightly colored eggs hidden about the yard. Her twin brother in jeans and a soft blue button up shirt tries to beat her to the eggs but gets distracted by the little candies hidden inside. Daddy calls his name to show him another hidden egg, but his princess distracts him by pulling on his pant leg. She points to an egg hidden just above her reach.

"Pwease?" is all she says as she holds her hand out flat above her head.

Daddy smiles and grabs the egg placing it in her hand. "There you go princess."

"Tanks!" She smiles and puts it in her basket. Its filled almost to the brim. Daddy's little princess looks over to mommy, sitting on a lawn chair with the tiny baby curled in her arms, she grins widely and walks quickly to her. Her attempts are hampered slightly by the basket that drags through the grass behind her. She holds out a blue egg with pride. "Beebee!"

"Oh thank you princess." Mommy smiles, "But baby can't have Easter eggs yet. But thank you for sharing." Mommy smiles down at her little princess and gives her a one armed hug. The tiny baby in her arm curls his little fist and moves a little, but doesn't wake. The oldest boy comes clumsily running over to join the group leaving Daddy on the lawn.

"Mamma, uh!" He holds out a green egg he can't get open, "Uh!" his frustration growing.

"Daddy can open it for you, mommy's got Daniel right now." Mommy says nodding at Daddy.

"James, come here you little monster!" Daddy teases as he picks little James up from behind.
"Dadda!" James squeals shaking the egg. "Uh!"

Daddy opened the egg and let him pick from the candies inside. Sitting down next to Mommy on an other lawn chair, he scooped up his princess, Kylie, too.

There on the lawn of their little place sat a very happy and content family on a sunny Easter morning. A mommy, a daddy, the twins, and the newest baby, a little family, a happy family.

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This was written from my imagination as Easter rolls closer and I find myself wishing my family was together and not separated by Heaven and Earth and even on Earth by hundreds of miles