Easter Egg Hunt

Saturday afternoon we went to some other friends' house for a picnic and egg hunt. This was so great on so many levels. It was a beautiful day and it felt so wonderful to sit in the sun and just soak it up. The kids loved playing in the yard with toys, trikes (Emily could even ride one), and friends. The egg hunt itself was pretty dang cute/fun. They let the 'little kids' (ages 1-3) have a head start and then the older kids joined in. Here are some pictures and little commentaries.

Here are the 'little kids' getting their detailed instructions and getting ready for their "GO!"

The take off: They all ran as fast as they could to the front yard, where the Easter Bunny had been spotted. Emily was so excited she forgot her basket. Good thing her daddy was there to help her. We also use this picture as motivation to have running practice with Emily.

The search. Emily liked to go for the hardest eggs to get to. The ones that were in the absolute middle of the poky bush. Whatever floats her boat I guess. There were times in the egg hunt where the 'Circle of Life: childhood edition' was very clear. Emily or another smaller child would be within fingers reach of an egg when an older kid would just snatch it. At first I was kind of bugged, but quickly realized, hey- that snatcher is gonna be Emily in a couple years. It'll all be fair in the grand end.

Okay, this picture alone doesn't mean very much, but as she was pointing to her basket she was very excitedly exclaiming, "This is MY basket. These are MY eggs." over and over to anyone who would pay attention to her.

Emily with her beloved eggs. She would soon learn there is CANDY in these eggs. Then she would truly fall in love with easter eggs.

These are the bunny butt cupcakes Justin made while I took a nap. Cute huh.

Some of the eggs had a "prize" ticket inside it. If so, you got to pick a prize out of a bucket. I tried to get Emily to pick a beach ball, color crayons, bubbles, etc. but nope, she had her heart set on this slinky. Believe it or not, 6 days later it is still fully in tact.

So we had a wonderful time at our little easter picnic/egg hunt. Thank you to all of our friends for putting it on. Hopefully we can do it again next year!