In Which Scarlet Has Her First Real Easter Egg Hunt

For easter this year, Josh and I let Scarlet help us dye some hardboiled eggs. They turned out beautifully and it was actually quite entertaining to pull the occasional pink egg out of the egg carton to make lunch.

James didn't seem to know what was going on while we dyed the eggs, so I just kept giving him things to eat while we worked.

It was a fun activity.

Then, later that day, we took the kids over to their grandparents' house. We had asked Josh's parents earlier in the month if we could use their fantastic backyard to set up a little easter egg hunt for Scarlet and her cousin Hazel. They were enthusiastic about the scheme. It was so much fun to see Scarlet and her cousin Hazel hunt down the eggs. We seriously overestimated the carrying capacity of their buckets because the eggs were overflowing out of their buckets by the end. We ended up carrying a bunch of eggs back to the house in our hands after the kids were done hunting.

Scarlet and Hazel took turns finding eggs and occasionally they shared an egg with each other. They didn't seem to realize the significance of the eggs until we brought them back to the house so we could show that there were little toys and candies inside.

Grandma Bohman put animal crackers in a lot of her eggs so that James could enjoy opening them. I thought that was a genius idea, so I'll probably steal it next year. Josh and I had purchased some dollar store party favors and stuffed a bunch of eggs with the little toys to cut down on the amount of candy we gave Scarlet. That, plus the animal crackers meant there was very little candy this year. As my kids get older, I think I'll give them more candy, but since they're so little, they'll make do with cheap plastic toys and the occasional jelly bean.

James did not care in the least about the hunt (he was ten months at the time), so I just carried around outside so he could see the eggs being gathered. The adults involved in the easter egg hunt possibly had the most fun of all. Afterwards, we all had pizza together. It was a really fun day.

Then, since the next day was Easter Sunday, I got to dress the kiddos up in their easter clothes. Comments received from family members included the observation that James looked like an easter egg. To date, that was the best compliment I've ever heard about my son.

Happy Easter, everyone!