Easter Fun!

Our celebrations began the Thursday before Easter with the boys' Easter Egg Hunts at school. Luckily, Cason's party started at 12:45 and Jackson's at 1:45 so I could actually go to both parties! At the elementary school, where Madison and I are, Easter is not one of the holidays we have a party for.

When I got to Cason's classroom, Miss Haigood, the teacher, had all 18 of her four & five year old students sitting quietly on the rug listening to her read an Easter Bunny story. It was amazing, since I can't get my 4th graders to sit quietly to listen to a story! While Miss Haigood finished up the story, the parents hid all the eggs in the field outside the school. By the time we got back to the classroom the kids couldn't wait to get their baskets and get their hunt on. Cason got a "golden" egg and he was super excited!

After their egg hunt, the kids went inside for their snack. I could only stay at snack time for a few minutes before it was time for Jackson's party!

Jackson's class was just as excited as Cason's to start their egg hunt. While Cason's hunt was a free-for-all egg-grabbing experience, Jackson had to find & pick up only 12 eggs. Now, if you know Jackson you know that he is very laid back, and he didn't change for the egg hunt! He casually walked around picking up the eggs he liked the best. He even picked a few eggs up and then put them back down on the ground because he found ones he liked better. He is a boy who knows what he likes! After Jackson's egg hunt, they also went back into their classroom for snacks. Both boys had a great time at their parties, and got lots of yummy, sugar-filled candy!

Our next Easter celebration wasn't until Easter morning when the Easter Bunny visited our house. Luckily, the kids did not wake up well before the crack of dawn like they did when Santa Claus came! I guess the Easter Bunny is not nearly as generous with gifts as good ole' Santa, so they thought we could sleep in a little!

Sleepy Pre-Hunt Picture

The Easter Bunny always left the eggs inside the house when I was growing up, so that's where he leaves the eggs for my kids too. The eggs being in the house worked out great this year because of all the rain that was falling outside. I think egg-hunting inside the house is funner anyway because there are some many different places to look for the eggs. Although it didn't take very long for the kids to find all the eggs, they had fun hunting for them, and Max had fun chasing them around the house!

Our next Easter adventure was at Corey's Granny's house. We ate a delicious homemade Easter meal, and then the kids had their next egg hunt. This one involved a few more kids and it was outside. Once again, they ended up with way too much candy!

While all the kids were in the same vicinity I got them to sit down and take a picture. They all spend a lot of time together but they are usually not still and looking like they love each other!

Cason, Madison, Jackson, Mason, Carter, & Cole

Our last Easter Sunday stop was at my parent's house. We eat Sunday dinner there every Sunday, so this was nothing out of the ordinary for our family. My Mom, the creative being that she is, came up with an Easter Egg Scavenger Hunt for the kids. They each had to find the eggs with their name on them, and inside the eggs were clues to where the next egg was located. They did really well deciphering the clues and finding the next egg, and they had so much fun doing it!

One of the scavenger hunt prizes were cans of Silly String. Now, Silly String goes beyond my Mom's code of cleanliness! We would have never gotten Silly String when my sister and I were kids, so I guess it's true grandkids do get whatever you didn't. So, off the kids went to the front yard to have their Silly String wars.

At the end of the day our bellies were full of yummy food, our sugar highs had worn off, and we were tired! Everyone had a great Easter '09!