Hunting for Easter Eggs

There are two local parks that hold Easter Egg Hunts for the kids every year. Luckily, one holds the hunt the weekend before Easter and the other one holds theirs on Easter weekend; otherwise our children would not have nearly enough candy for Easter! We had pretty nice weather both weekends this year so the boys were able to participate in both. Justin is starting to think that he is too old for this "hunt," but he is certainly anxious to partake of the spoils.

This was Drew's first year to actually "hunt" for the candy. For little guys (under age 2), they place small pre-filled baskets in an enclosed area and the children just go in an pick up a basket. We were concerned about Drew's first attempt based on our experience with Justin's first "hunt." We had been so busy trying to point out the Easter Bunny to Justin that when it was time for his group to start, he simply ran across the field to the Easter Bunny, smashing chocolate eggs all the way! He did not even get one single piece of candy! So, we learned from our parenting mistake and did not even mention the Easter Bunny to Drew once we arrived at the park. Plus, during the week leading up to the big day, we had him practice picking up plastic eggs and putting them in his basket at home! This time we were prepared and it paid off! Look at the handle of his basket --- you can tell how heavy it is!

Justin & Drew with the Spoils of the 1st Hunt

At the second hunt, the age groups are a little different. Drew was still too little to hunt. They just let each child go into a separate area and pick up five or six plastic eggs and then they gave each one a little stuffed bunny on their way out. Not so much pressure this time for Drew.

Good Drew "Hunting"

Justin had to fight tooth and nail though. This one was a much larger group. Each egg had either penny candy or a ticket for a prize. So after all the eggs had been gathered, we had to pry each one open and look for a prize ticket. Justin found two this year! He got some small squishy sports balls to play with and he won one the big prizes --- a HUGE stuffed lamb! He wanted to keep it, but once we got is home, he must have forgot about it. It's Drew's now!

Good Justin "Hunting"

Justin & his Bucketful of Eggs

The Boys & the Prizes