We definitely gave Jack more than his share of Easter egg hunting
experiences this year! We started the weekend before Easter with a
church egg hunt that he and his cousin Maddie did together. He had a
GREAT time finding all the eggs that were "hidden" in the field.
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Look at all those eggs! He ended up with over 40 eggs and pick up every one of them himself! |
Then the following Saturday we went to the Woodland Park Zoo's "Bunny Bounce". They had an egg hunt for toddlers and I was super excited for this one. It wasn't all it was cracked up (pardon the pun) to be. The eggs were just sitting in piles under a group of trees, they were empty (Jack didn't care, but the older kids were pretty upset), AND you had to give the eggs back at the end! It turned out that walking around the zoo was WAY more fun than the egg hunt. Jack had a good time and that's all that matters, right?
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Paul taught Jack to carry his basket like this |
We thought a ride on the carousel might be fun - wrong! Jack did NOT want anything to do with the carousel horse. He was ok in Paul's arms, but still wasn't sure about the whole thing...
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Please Daddy, tell me when it's over... |
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Me and Jack, Laura and Cameron, Erin and Ryleigh and Dylan |
Overall it was a great day at the zoo - the sun was shining, the animals were entertaining and there were some piles of empty eggs to "hunt". Will we go back to the zoo? Of course! Will we go back next year for the egg hunt? Probably not :)
The third and final Easter egg hunt was on Easter Sunday in our OWN BACKYARD!! Yes, you read that right, we have a backyard big enough for an egg hunt now, wahoo!!
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I got two! |
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Ya Ya helped Jack open his eggs to retrieve the goldfish and crackers (nope, I still haven't given him chocolate) |
After three egg hunts, you'd think he would be a little tired of the whole thing. Nope, he woke up Monday morning, saw his basket was still out and wanted to hunt for some more! Maybe he just wanted the goldfish crackers inside the eggs. :)