Easter 2013

We began the Easter weekend by joining a friend and her toddler for a community toddler Easter egg hunt.  While I think Evan did enjoy finding some eggs and snacks, I was not impressed with the small yard they held the hunt in.  It was overly crowded with parents and little toddlers.  And to top it off, Evan was acting out for most of the event (he didn't like having to wait, he wanted to open the snack packages right away, right then, right there, and then he didn't want to leave even though all the eggs and snacks had been picked up).  When the event began, the crowds of parents and toddlers around the edges of this yard just moved inward and then stopped to start picking up eggs.  Thus Evan and I had to squeeze through them to get into the center where there was temporarily some more space to move about.

The pre-hunt egg/snack scatter and then Evan gathering his first few eggs.

 Then Evan found one egg and had some fun playing with it before tossing it in his basket.

On Easter Sunday, Evan and I started the day by making Easter cupcakes, which he couldn't wait to try.  And after taste-testing the first one, he wanted more immediately.  I had to fight off quite the tantrum while explaining we'd have to wait to have another until after lunch.

We were very lucky that the weather on Easter Sunday was so beautiful.  It wasn't too hot or cold, the skies were cloudless and blue, and it wasn't even windy!  Perfect for spending time outside, so after Evan's nap (which is when the Easter bunny visited our home), Evan and I took a walk while we waited for John to get home from work.

Out on our walk...

What was waiting for Evan back home...

Then after John got home, Evan came inside and immediately found his gifts from the Easter bunny on the couch.  He was initially drawn to the Easter eggs (he kept saying "oohhh, oohhh") until he spotted the broom.  Then he said "seep" (sweep) and got very excited to start trying out his own broom.  He also liked getting his own flashlight (to make shadows!).  Once we asked him if he wanted to go outside to see what was in the backyard, all his new gifts were yesterday's news!  He loves going outside!  He did a good job picking up the eggs and putting them in the basket, and he even told John "thank you" after putting his eggs in the basket that John was following him around holding.  However, after about 10 eggs, he was more interested in exploring the big backyard that he didn't know we had!  I can't wait for the nice weather this spring and summer for him to be able to play outside more!

When we went inside, it was time for John to hunt for all the little chocolate eggs the Easter bunny had hid in our house (all 164 of them!).  John's had a few years practice hunting for chocolate Easter eggs, so he did pretty well finding them all. :)

He really just wanted to put the plastic eggs in his mouth!

We finished the holiday with roast lamb and veggies dinner.  John did a great job replicating his mum's recipe for her roast lamb and we all thoroughly enjoyed the meal.  Evan has also really come to show us that he loves lamb!  And of course we all had another cupcake for dessert.  Great day!