We've been building up to Easter for weeks around here. With dying eggs, ducky and bunny art projects, Easter Bunny books galore, and tales of last year's adventures, there has been lots of anticipation.
Lucie and Ryan clearly remember all the details of last year's hunt. This is the first holiday where they've brought up memories of the previous year -- such fun! They love to recollect where the Easter Bunny (a.k.a. "EB") hid each egg on a treasure hunt to find the final prize, their treasure-laden baskets hidden in "THE DRYER!" (This is a tradition that stems from my Dad's wonderful rendition of "EB" each year when I was young.) For weeks, the talk has been about where EB will hide the baskets this year. Such pressure for a bunny!Thankfully, this year did not disappoint. R & L hopped with glee when they found a note in the morning directing them to their first plastic egg clue. They couldn't believe that EB had managed to hide an egg in their dresser drawer, Daddy's closet, and the washing machine -- how could that have happened when we were all sleeping? This year, EB's final clue led to baskets in the front seat of the car. They loved it.
After another egg hunt in the backyard, we took an Easter nature walk. Ryan and Lucie skipped down the trail, stopping only to smell the flowers. The butterfly wings are a Saturday morning garage sale find (50 cents!) that have barely left Lucie's back all weekend.
4 comments:
Happy Easter! What fun and jubilation! Looks like it was a beautiful day... love you! Sandy
Happy Easter! I love the fun traditions and of course the kids look so handsome/beautiful dressed in easter finery :-) Now where did Lucie get a matching bracelet to her tights?
How does EB find the cute bunny baskets in your home to refill each year or hasn't that question been asked yet?
Ashley used to find some little piles of choc chips on the floor because their EB sometimes left a sign he had been there and couldn't find a bathroom.
Hi Marsha! Happy Easter to you guys as well. Actually, what are you doing up so late? It must be way past your bedtime...
Our Easter strategy is a work-in-progress, but currently involves Lucie and Ryan filling the baskets with their dyed eggs and leaving them out for EB the night before. EB then sets up the scavenger hunt and hides eggs in the backyard. Plastic eggs are added to the mix and filled with honey-nut cheerios, yogurt-covered raisins, Skittles (we're not completely cruel), and cashews. Ryan ran around all morning saying "How does the Easter Bunny know I like cashews?"
Next year we will have to find a way to incorporate the chocolate chips.
Happy Easter to all of you- Chris, I am fairly certain that the EB never gave you and I any cashews.... we would have left them in the yard.
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