Our spring break concluded with a beautiful day for Easter. As is tradition, we went to church in the morning then we went out to Mouse and Pop’s house for play, lunch, and the Easter egg hunt. This year, my mom got clay pots for the girls to paint and plant, so the girls got things started off by doing a really nice job on their creations! After that we played a little soccer and volleyball then enjoyed a nice late lunch outside.
Since the girls have made it clear that they are NOT too old for an Easter egg hunt, we’ve had to step up our egg hiding game considerably. We used to confine the hunt to the yard surrounding the house, but this year we included the front and side field in addition. It definitely gave us some more challenging places to hide, and the girls had lots of area to cover. I wish I could have snapped a few pics of some of the really tough hiding places, but the girls were chomping at the bit to get out of the basement and start the hunt.
While the egg hunt is all in good fun, needless to say, there is a wee bit of a competitive layer to it all as well! :)
I loved the look of Mouse and Pops taking in the scene. We are very fortunate to have a family that enjoys spending time together, and Mouse and Pops work so hard to keep up all the maintenance on their Haymarket house and the Hartfield house (while working to get the Golden Beach house on the market) so we can all gather there and enjoy making fun memories together.
We had to banish Maggie and Cayenne to the house initially. While we were hiding the eggs, they were sniffing them out and opening them to eat the candy that was on the inside! So, we stuck them in the house, and while they managed to escape a few times during the hunt, we let them out for good once the girls had found probably 95% of the eggs. Cayenne proved to be a pretty good egg finding assistant. Lyla and Ryleigh took to following Cayenne around in hopes that she’d lead them to an egg. In the picture below, she actually did. If you look closely under Cayenne’s nose, you’ll see a hint of yellow in the grass. That’s an egg! :)
While Cayenne was in search of candy, Maggie just wanted the bunny headband that one of the girls had been wearing and dropped in the grass. She’s our Easter Brittany!
The final event of the afternoon was the “is it hard boiled or raw” egg smash on the forehead. This was a favorite of the girls last year, so they had to do it again this year.
Probably their favorite last year was watching Uncle Bo smash the egg on his forehead. Again this year, he went along with their requests to participate, and again got a raw egg! However, this year it wasn’t enough for Uncle Bo to participate. The girls wanted their dads and Poppy to do it as well, and the guys obliged. However, they raised the stakes a little bit and did it without the shower cap and trash bag. Mark decided to throw it like 30 feet in the air and let it land on his head. He did exactly that, and much to our viewing pleasure, it was a raw egg. It was another great Easter celebration and a nice spring break, then back to school and the routine the next day.
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