Easter: The Hunt

We may not have had the whole family involved in the Easter egg dyeing, but everyone was more than willing to hunt. My mom was even there to supervise. After a delicious traditional breakfast of bran muffins and cheesy scrambled eggs it was time to see what the Easter Bunny had been up to. (Usually we're all dressed up in our Easter finery, but with some sickies in the house we stayed home from church. The sickest sickie, Big, even got to stay in his pajamas.)

The kids rushed into the living/music room to find that the Easter Bunny had left each of them a new shirt in their basket. It was funny when my mom and I attempted to get Edith to show us what the Easter Bunny had brought her, trying to get her to notice the clothes (she got a shirt and capris), but she just kept showing us each piece of candy. Clearly the most important part. She is so much like her grandma.

Nice candy, Edith. The other kids didn't have the same problem.

 "Ohhhhh. So that's what I was supposed to do! Ha, ha."

Then, it was on to the egg hunt. Each child was assigned an egg color and each had 6 eggs to find. Once again the Easter Bunny underestimated how good Big is at finding eggs, so next year it's really going to be on!

(only one more to find!)

Ginger was having a really hard time finding her eggs, so she thought a bird's eye view might be helpful. It wasn't.

Luckily Grandma was there to provide some hints and Big was there to tell everyone how much slower they were than him. It's good to be helpful.

None of my kids are quitters, so they kept on looking.

I had a real hard time capturing a photo of Bud because he was moving so quickly the whole time. He photo bombed a bunch, though.

You can do it, Ginger!

I am happy to report that everyone eventually had success! Way to persevere, kids!

And, of course, Success = Candy. That Edith sure is an addict. She begs and begs for more.

Easter afternoon we had deviled eggs for snack (num!) and then went for a drive in the canyon.

On the way home from our drive, we stopped to wish Grandpa a Happy Easter. We miss him.

Then we went home for Easter dinner with Grandma and an after-dinner game of Quirkle. Edith was so happy to be included in the game.

It really was a great Easter despite the sick folks and the missing Grandpa and stuff. Thanks for making it that way, Family! I love you!

Dye, Egg, Dye!

This year's Easter was just a little weird. On Saturday when it came time to dye the eggs I ended up doing it with only the 3 younger kids. Pen was away on a church youth overnighter (Although I'm sure she would have participated had she been here. I think.), and Ginger opted to take a shower. What? A shower instead of dyeing eggs? Spoilsport. 

Rophone wasn't feeling well (stupid Crohn's), so he, too, sat out the festivities. You can see him sitting on the couch, accidentally photo-bombing some of my photos of Edith. I was feeling a little stressed and disjointed as I got the kids going with the dye. If I'd had my wits about me I never would have turned my back on Edith after giving her the blue dye to use for her first egg. 

At least her egg made it in the dye safely without cracking. It made me laugh how she kept on looking at her hand with concern as we kept dyeing eggs. I think she found her blue hand to be a bit unsettling. 

Big just loves dyeing eggs so much. Having to wait until after lunch to get a start just about killed him, but I'm glad we spent the morning at the library stocking up for Spring Break. 

Big ends up dipping and re-dipping his eggs, trying to prolong the amount of time he gets to dye eggs. He could do it for hours.

Having to practice patience and wait for a desired dye color was pretty tough, especially since Big was feeling under the weather. Thank goodness the medicine kicked in a little so he could still enjoy himself.

Bud is very focused on his art. I love that he just does his thing. I also loved that when he noticed I was taking his picture he began to act for the camera. He's not over the top with his acting, but it's there. See if you can spy it. 

No acting in this first shot.

And then....

..back to no acting again.

It was so funny to watch. I love that kid.

I think we all felt the way Edith did when we were done. Happy with the eggs that we'd created, but really bummed that it was over.

Great eggs, kids! I had so much fun with you!