Easter Weekend

Our first "public" Easter egg hunt was held on the Saturday before Easter. What a spectacle! So many kids. Seemed like the bigger kids got most of the eggs. Gavin managed to scoop up one egg, but when it was all over, a volunteer came around with a bag full eggs and handed one or two to the littler kids who didn't get many. Nice! After the hunt they held footraces for Easter baskets. We didn't realize what was going on until after the 3-year-old boys had run their race, but Gavin still wanted to take part. When they said "Go!" for the 5-year-old race, Gavin jumped in from the sidelines and ran to the finish line. He was certain that he won. Technically he did cross the finish line first, but...  Afterward we tried to get his picture taken with the Easter bunny, but he got scared at the last minute (same thing that happened with Santa), so we bagged that plan and spent an hour or so at the playground.

 

 

 

 

Later that day some of our friends stopped by for a visit.  Melanie and Justin came with Ethan and Leif, then Angie stopped by with Sam and Claire.  As usual the kids had a great time playing together and we found ourselves saying "we should get together more often."  We should!

 

 

That evening we finally got around to coloring our Easter eggs.  Sadly, our fresh brown eggs aren't all that good for hard-boiling (they don't peel well), and also not as good for dyeing.  It pained me, but I bought a dozen bright white ones from the grocery store and we enjoyed covering them in bright colors and later eating some tasty Easter-egg salad.  

 

 

 

On Easter morning Gavin woke up to a superhero-themed Easter basket from his new favorite rabbit.  Vivi got one of her own, complete with brightly colored baby toys that those of you with seasoned eyes may remember from when Gavin was a baby.  After breakfast  he got to go outside and hunt for the dozen eggs we dyed as well as 16 plastic eggs full of superhero stickers and candy.  Vivian watched in wonder from the comfort of her daddy's arms.