Egg hunt at church.
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navygreenThe sky looked so ominous yesterday, but we ended up squeaking in the egg hunt at church in time. It was at 2pm, and when the boys and I drove by the church to pick up 
Philip from Runza at 1:30, we saw several men from CrossTrek (the biking ministry) hiding eggs on the hills of the front lawn. LOTS of eggs, I should add!
We arrived at the church about ten minutes before time, and our friend Alyssa Tackett was costumed as the Easter bunny (she was the oldest child in attendance at our Halloween party last fall). She looked so cute! Her dad Phil is one of the men in charge of CrossTrek, so I'll bet that had something to do with Alyssa's getting roped into dressing up. Pastor David said a prayer before the hunt started, and he prayed that the children would "have a blast." I almost giggled out loud at that.
We headed outside to get in place for the hunts, but the boys had to be split up. A.J. needed to go over to the church's playground with the 7+ group, and Jack needed to be on the hills/back lawn for the 4-6 group (the babies-3 group was on the front lawn where it's flat). I had the camera, but I was so torn, not being able to be in two separate places at once. Philip made the decision, telling me to take pictures of Jack hunting, as we had pictures of A.J. hunting for three years before Jack came along. He and A.J. went off to the playground, and Jack and I headed to the hill. The sun had just come out, and it was such a beautiful afternoon then. It took probably five minutes for all the eggs to be found, and there was probably 150 kids there (when we'd signed up last week there were roughly 120 names on the lists) - that's how many eggs there were!
As soon as Jack finished up and his basket was full, we walked quickly back around the church, hoping to catch A.J. still in action over at the playground. Sadly, A.J.'s hunt was already over as well, and he and Philip were just starting to walk back to the church. I did take a picture of them crossing back over, though.
We went inside the Narthex of the church, and there the boys decorated Easter cookies with frosting. Philip stood behind them and "supervised." Jack put a little blue frosting on his cookie before deciding he needed his favorite color: orange. He pulled the orange tub towards him, and then picked up the knife and promptly licked all the frosting off of it! Philip said, "Jack!" in exasperation and headed off to the kitchens to find a new knife. I just giggled some more. They finished up their cookies, and then we went back outside on the lawn to open up some of the eggs.
Just after the boys sat down on the grass and dumped out a few eggs, a little baby boy toddled over to them. He plopped right down on the grass in front of them, and I was sure he was lured by the colorful eggs that the boys had just dumped out on the grass. I waited anxiously for just a moment to see what would happen if the baby tried to grab one of their eggs, but I was so proud and pleased by my boys' reactions instead. A.J. handed the baby one of his eggs, and then Jack followed suit! They just sat there and coddled him and talked over eggs, and each time the baby would babble something, A.J. would lean forward and listen with all his might - you could tell he was trying SO HARD to understand him. Awwwww! (The mom ending up coming over and giving the eggs back to the boys, though. She said that the little baby already had more than enough, and he couldn't really eat the candy anyway.)
We chatted with some people for a little bit, and then we came on home. It was a little after 3pm then, and we geared up to watch the monstrous storm we were due for. I was really excited for it to rain, wanting it for two reasons: 1) to get the rain done with and out of the way so that we would have nice weather for hunting our own Easter eggs on Sunday, and 2) so the fertilizer I'd put down on Monday would be "rained in" to the ground to begin really working. The grass was so very long and shaggy, but that's what we planned for Sunday - so we'd have nice, tall hiding spots for the Easter eggs to be nestled into. The rain did finally come, and it stormed for a while. Heather called me on her way home from work, and we saw rainbows together (and she nearly drove off the road in her excitement, I might add).
It turned out to be a pretty perfect afternoon, really - despite the ominous-looking sky and fierce storms that covered much of the day. A very nice Saturday, and another fun egg hunt for this year. :-)
Jack finds an egg near the tree.
Hunting near the church's marquee.
Dad and A.J. return from their hunt at the church playground.
(It almost feels like there should be gangsta music playing when I look at this one!)
Egg hunt posing.
A.J. shares an egg with their younger visitor on the front lawn.
Icing Easter cookies.
Dad and A.J. horse around in the Narthex.
Philip from Runza at 1:30, we saw several men from CrossTrek (the biking ministry) hiding eggs on the hills of the front lawn. LOTS of eggs, I should add!We arrived at the church about ten minutes before time, and our friend Alyssa Tackett was costumed as the Easter bunny (she was the oldest child in attendance at our Halloween party last fall). She looked so cute! Her dad Phil is one of the men in charge of CrossTrek, so I'll bet that had something to do with Alyssa's getting roped into dressing up. Pastor David said a prayer before the hunt started, and he prayed that the children would "have a blast." I almost giggled out loud at that.
We headed outside to get in place for the hunts, but the boys had to be split up. A.J. needed to go over to the church's playground with the 7+ group, and Jack needed to be on the hills/back lawn for the 4-6 group (the babies-3 group was on the front lawn where it's flat). I had the camera, but I was so torn, not being able to be in two separate places at once. Philip made the decision, telling me to take pictures of Jack hunting, as we had pictures of A.J. hunting for three years before Jack came along. He and A.J. went off to the playground, and Jack and I headed to the hill. The sun had just come out, and it was such a beautiful afternoon then. It took probably five minutes for all the eggs to be found, and there was probably 150 kids there (when we'd signed up last week there were roughly 120 names on the lists) - that's how many eggs there were!
As soon as Jack finished up and his basket was full, we walked quickly back around the church, hoping to catch A.J. still in action over at the playground. Sadly, A.J.'s hunt was already over as well, and he and Philip were just starting to walk back to the church. I did take a picture of them crossing back over, though.
We went inside the Narthex of the church, and there the boys decorated Easter cookies with frosting. Philip stood behind them and "supervised." Jack put a little blue frosting on his cookie before deciding he needed his favorite color: orange. He pulled the orange tub towards him, and then picked up the knife and promptly licked all the frosting off of it! Philip said, "Jack!" in exasperation and headed off to the kitchens to find a new knife. I just giggled some more. They finished up their cookies, and then we went back outside on the lawn to open up some of the eggs.
Just after the boys sat down on the grass and dumped out a few eggs, a little baby boy toddled over to them. He plopped right down on the grass in front of them, and I was sure he was lured by the colorful eggs that the boys had just dumped out on the grass. I waited anxiously for just a moment to see what would happen if the baby tried to grab one of their eggs, but I was so proud and pleased by my boys' reactions instead. A.J. handed the baby one of his eggs, and then Jack followed suit! They just sat there and coddled him and talked over eggs, and each time the baby would babble something, A.J. would lean forward and listen with all his might - you could tell he was trying SO HARD to understand him. Awwwww! (The mom ending up coming over and giving the eggs back to the boys, though. She said that the little baby already had more than enough, and he couldn't really eat the candy anyway.)
We chatted with some people for a little bit, and then we came on home. It was a little after 3pm then, and we geared up to watch the monstrous storm we were due for. I was really excited for it to rain, wanting it for two reasons: 1) to get the rain done with and out of the way so that we would have nice weather for hunting our own Easter eggs on Sunday, and 2) so the fertilizer I'd put down on Monday would be "rained in" to the ground to begin really working. The grass was so very long and shaggy, but that's what we planned for Sunday - so we'd have nice, tall hiding spots for the Easter eggs to be nestled into. The rain did finally come, and it stormed for a while.
Heather called me on her way home from work, and we saw rainbows together (and she nearly drove off the road in her excitement, I might add).It turned out to be a pretty perfect afternoon, really - despite the ominous-looking sky and fierce storms that covered much of the day. A very nice Saturday, and another fun egg hunt for this year. :-)
Jack finds an egg near the tree.
Hunting near the church's marquee.
Dad and A.J. return from their hunt at the church playground.
(It almost feels like there should be gangsta music playing when I look at this one!)
Egg hunt posing.
A.J. shares an egg with their younger visitor on the front lawn.
Icing Easter cookies.
Dad and A.J. horse around in the Narthex.
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Date: 2006-04-17 03:06 am (UTC)no subject
Date: 2006-04-17 06:11 am (UTC)And yes, the eggs were all so easy to find that they *should* change the name. That's precisely the reason why were purposely allowed our grass to get as long as possible before our hunt this afternoon.
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Date: 2006-04-17 04:15 am (UTC)that was so sweet of your kids to share with the little toddler! so cute!!
glad you all had a great day!
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Date: 2006-04-17 06:09 am (UTC)no subject
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Date: 2006-04-17 06:06 am (UTC)Hey....
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Date: 2006-04-17 02:35 pm (UTC)