Mr Easter Bunny!!
After Justin was done with his hunt I took him over to watch Clayton and Hayden go at it with theirs. There was a man with a speaker phone giving instructions to all the kids. I didn't hear all of it but I did make out something like "Lets be fair and think of everyone who is here so we all can have fun" Then the count down from 10 began. 10..............3..2...1...GO!!! I cheered for Clay and Hayden but something seemed odd after a few seconds. "Get them Clay!! There right there by your feet, grab them!! Hayden over there, there some more, go go go" That is what I was yelling to Clay and Hayden, me being confused that my boys are standing there just watching all the other kids get the eggs around them. When it was all done they came over by me looking slightly disappointed and sad like. "What happened, there were eggs all over the place and you didn't get them why?"
Clay looked at me and said "Mom, the guy said 10 egg, just get 10 eggs to be fair for everyone. We both got our 10 eggs, but alot of others didn't listen and got way more then 10. Its not fair, we listened, but they got way more than us and will probably get all the prizes too."
Insert melted heart!!! Such good boys I have!! Even when around such a huge temptation like scattered Easter Eggs for a kid they still listened and followed their instructions!! I told them that the Easter Bunny knows that they were good and listened and will remember that for their own Easter baskets.
There were alot of photographers everywhere and at random one came up and started snap shoting Justin all over the place. He didn't say a word, just pointed his camera at Justin and click, click, click. After what seemed like forever the man asked quick short questions like "What's his name? How old? What town? These his brothers? I anwered politely but could help asking my own questions: What paper are you from? Is this going to be posted anywhere? Do you have a website? All in all there was a short article in the Sun Times about the hunt and the picture above was displayed with the article and on their website. What can I say that Justin is a cutie huh!!
Coloring Easter Egss is always fun around here, even if it is just simple with the basic dyes and supplies to get creative with. A must when using anything that has the ability to spill is, using trays. No worries when a overflow happens or two eggs get put into one cup, its all OK. My boys were all into the fun experiments using rubber bands, stickers, crayons, double dunking, and lots of other techniques to get that PERFECT EGG they were looking for. The only problem I had for the day was keeping my kids from opening the still wet, not done yet dyed eggs. Who knew I would have to tell my boys to be patient before they could eat the hard boiled eggs all up.
