On Saturday morning, our neighborhood hosted an Easter party that included an Easter egg hunt, a visit from the Easter Bunny, and several other activities like painting and decorating eggs and cookies. They also had a couple of events, like racing while holding an egg on a spoon. Our plan was to attend as a family-- it was a beautiful sunny and warm day-- but it turned out that Macey fell asleep for her morning nap only a couple of minutes before it was time to head out. So, Camden got in some quality Daddy time while I stayed behind with Macey.
When they got home an hour later, Matt filled me in on the morning's events while Camden excitedly sorted through his Easter eggs. Matt was particularly amused by something that happened that morning: when the event organizers were gathering participants for the egg on a spoon race, they appeared a little concerned when they saw Camden intended to race. They asked Matt how old Camden was, as the other participants were a few years older. Matt assured them that he was going to run in an outside lane right next to Camden and it would be fine. Turns out, it was more than fine: while the older kids dropped their eggs left and right, Camden took off running and held his egg steadily until he was almost to the finish line. When he did drop it once, he picked it up, stuck it right back on his spoon, and booked it across the finish line-- to win the entire race. Yep, my 3 year old came in first place and won a prize. I was seriously bummed I missed that moment. Also? He had no idea he won the race and kept running long after he crossed the finish line. Matt said the audience found that very amusing.
My little Speedy Gonzalez with his chocolate Easter bunny prize.
Painting his egg at the clubhouse.
He was a tad creeped out by the Easter bunny.
The rest of Saturday was spent outside enjoying the near-70 degree day. Then, my in-laws (who are in town visiting), came over for dinner on Saturday evening. After saying goodbye to everyone and putting the kids to bed, Matt and I got to work on preparing Easter baskets and hiding eggs in the house for Camden to find (the hidden eggs are an Easter morning tradition from Matt's childhood; the hidden Easter baskets are a tradition from my childhood).
Can you spot the hidden egg? Yes, it does have eyes and hair. We made monster eggs this year.
See? Oddly cute, right?
Camden easily found his basket and Macey's basket on Easter morning. He was very excited with his goods-- which consisted mostly of Disney cars, candy, and stickers-- and spent most of the morning playing on the family room floor. Macey's basket was mainly full of practical stuff-- baby food, Puffs, a new sippy cup, new spoons-- but she was thrilled just to sit on the floor and take out (and chew on) everything.
He's spotted his basket under the dining room table!
Look! A bunch of stuff to chew on!
Delicious purple egg.
His fake 'smile for the camera' smile. I'll take what I can get.
Mommy & Macey.
Nan & Pop brought over some gifts for the kids. Macey found her new shoes delicious too.
Love.
We had my family (my sister, brother-in-law, & their kids; my parents; and my little bro) over for Easter lunch. (I feel the need to offer the disclaimer that my only contribution to this lunch-- besides providing the house-- was that I bought some rolls at the grocery store. I am not a cook, and I don't pretend to be.) The lunch was delicious (thanks to my mom), and then the kids all headed out back for an Easter egg hunt in our backyard. The eggs were filled with candy and there was one golden egg that had candy and a dollar bill. Exciting stuff, right? They all had such a fun time searching for eggs and then binging on their candy once they found the eggs.
Macey's lunch time entertainment: Nan & Pop.
Jacob found the golden egg!
The BFFs on the hunt.
Cousins searching for eggs.
And the post-hunt candy binge.
So, yes-- it was a busy and eventful weekend, but a really wonderful one too. I told my brother the other night-- I absolutely love being on the other end of the holidays now. Yes, it's awesome and magical to be a kid on Christmas and Easter morning. But it's equally fun and exciting to make these holidays special for my own kids. And man-- do I ever love these kids.
Happy Easter to all!
2 comments:
Glad you all had such a fun weekend!!
Absolutely love that Matt advocated for Camden to stay in the race. It's about fun and the process. Bonus that Camden won...and kept running...because it is about the sport of it! Yea little man for teaching the grown-ups a valuable lesson!
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