It's been a while since I have blogged...been so busy with Easter hunt preparations, baseball practices, work, etc. I do have to say that we had a wonderful Easter and wonderful weather for an egg hunt.
The first egg hunt I attended was the one I helped to plan at my daughter's school. I and another mom were told to keep it simple. Little did they know that "simple" requires a good bit of preparation for a dozen 3 year olds. Plan, plan, plan. Prepare, prepare, prepare. Attend the egg hunting party and try to keep 12 little ones contained and moving from one activity to another. I will say this...I worked myself up for so much more excitement than the kids had to offer. Now, when I was little if you told me I couldn't go hunt eggs yet, I'd be about to jump out of my skin to do so. These 12 adorable, sweet, loving children just stood there patiently. Then came the words..."on your mark. Get set. GO!" "Go!" "Go!" "Okay kids...this is what you do; you run after the eggs and try to find as many as you can." I figured either they are still half asleep OR drowsy from Benedryl for allergies. Slowly but surely, they crept through the gate and picked up an egg or two. AFter a few minutes...it was like they had ants in their pants. One could not have stopped them from running and hunting. Now the party has started. Bring on the sugar!! They decorated cookies, made bird nests, made butterflies, played egg bowling, and had an egg race! LOADS of sugar were consumed and LOTS of fun was had by all!!
The Saturday before Easter, my best friend and I went to take some pictures of our children. Our local phone company has an area that is beautiful with bright, vibrant, yellow and red tulips. So we dressed our kids and went on a photo shoot. Here are just a few of the ones I took.
Later that evening, we boiled and dyed some eggs, grilled a hamburger and just spent time relaxing. Sunday morning I couldn't believe that I had to actually wake my doodlebugs up to see what the Easter bunny brought. They were excited about what they received and in a rush, I moved them along to get ready for Sunday church services. Then it was to my mom & dad's for lunch and an egg hunt. The kids had fun so much fun. There was a little bit more excited as they came through the back yard gate than at the last egg hunt.
Easter was filled with lots of love and laughter, family and friends!
"The resurrection gives my life meaning and direction and the opportunity to start over no matter what my circumstances." ~Robert Flatt
