Egg Hunt

We hosted our 3rd annual spring egg hunt on Saturday. We had between 25 and 30 kids and their families and more than 1,000 eggs! The weather was in the 70s and everybody was so happy to be out in the sun with friends and lots (and lots) of good food and goodies galore.

Lucy and Harper were so excited all week and Lucy would squeal everytime somebody had dropped their eggs off in our drop off box outside. Her job was to add the new eggs to the old eggs and give them a good mixing so the eggs would be well distributed at the hunt. Harper would supervise and lick an egg or two for quality control. Then on Saturday Lucy went with me early to "hide" all the egg- nearly an impossible feat with 1,000 eggs, but the grass was the perfect length and all we really had to do was toss them out. She then played "hostess" by greeting everybody who came and giving giant bear hugs to all hr good friends. She was excited to say the least.

And then the moment of truth, we gathered all the kids up and let them go at once. It was happy chaos and everybody ended up with completely full baskets of eggs. Lucy's was full within minutes and she retreated to our blanket in the shade to begin the cracking. Her girlfriends gathered around her and they oohed and aahed over their trinkets, candy and stickers. Lucy ate enough candy to shame the Easter bunny (and we paid for it later with a completely wired 3 year old!)

Harper stuck with Ian all morning. They went out on the prowl and she found her egg, a purple one, which she never even opened. She just played with it, showed it off and was completely happy with her haul. She played with her friends Noelle, Quinn and Caroline, swung on the swings and ate her weight in mac n cheese.

We had a potluck lunch afterwards and then playtime on the playground. 3.5 hours later we retreated home, bellies full, spirits high, and sun-tired kids in tow. It was a great hunt!