The babies celebrated their first Easter over the weekend.  My family came to town and helped with the festivities.  We spent a few days at the beach and a few nights shucking oysters and cracking crab legs.

As a new mom, here are some things I've learned about Easter:

1. Apple cider vinegar is not an equal substitute for distilled white vinegar when dying Easter eggs.
2. Infant Easter shoes are expensive and pointless.
3. After watching New Moon on dvd, my husband still does not like the Twilight series.
4. Easter baskets for infants (and adult children) are pointless, but still fun.
5. TLC's 'What Not To Wear' should do a Spring Break episode at Oak Island, NC.
6. A sunrise beach service sounds like a good idea the night before but not at 5 AM in the morning (we slept through the alarm).
7. Gardening is a lot of work (or so I'm told).
8. Gardening can be dangerous (or so I'm told).
9. All bald infant girls look silly with head bows (except Lady Belle).
10. I've got exactly 363 days left to figure out why we dye eggs and invite imaginary bunnies into our homes during Easter.