So, I know I am a little behind but we have been out of town for Easter and well, there are not enough hours in my day sometimes. We will see if I can manage to post some Easter pictures soon, but for now, here are some from a city-wide egg hunt we had the weekend before Easter. With one egg hunt at their school behind us, we were all a little wiser. Hannah was PROUD of herself. Mommy taught her an invaluable lesson, "work smarter not harder". We put this into practice, and well, look at her basket and you will see the outcome. 
While we were waiting for the hunt to start, the kids got their faces painted. They all wanted Easter Eggs. 
The line to see the Easter Bunny was a little long, but worth it, to the kids at least.
We were surprised that all three kids liked the Easter Bunny. We really don't push the whole bunny thing at our house, so they have not been that prepared to sit with him. We have always just told our kids that we give them a basket on Easter morning. The idea that some fuzzy bunny, dressed in a dirty germy costume, comes into your house while you are sleeping for some reason does not sit as well as some old gray haired man who comes down your chimney. I know it is weird but we can explain Santa being Jesus' helper easier than a person dressed in a bunny costume. We try to focus more on the Resurrection and the Easter story. Which by the way, if you ever need any tools on explaining the Easter story, we would highly recommend the Resurrection Eggs that we found at Mardel's last year. Everyday, the twelve days before Easter, you open an egg that has some tool/symbol that teaches about the Easter story. Even with all this teaching, the egg hunting still plays a major role in our kids Easter story. Maybe it is because their mom maps out and strategically plans so that we get good candy. 
Hannah took off when the whistle blew. 
We had to leave these boys behind!
Okay, to all of you who are asking yourself "how could working smarter at the egg hunt prove beneficial?" Well, as you see, Hannah was off running all by herself after the whistle blew. The theory......pass up all the kids who stop right at the first sight of an egg. Flee the temptation!!!That's right, pass 'em up and go to an open space with lots of eggs and NO KIDS! Yes, she had to leave her brothers and her dad behind, but mommy and Hannah were off running. Not to worry, her brothers benefited too, she shared the toys/candy that she did not want or like. That's my girl!
While we were waiting for the hunt to start, the kids got their faces painted. They all wanted Easter Eggs. The line to see the Easter Bunny was a little long, but worth it, to the kids at least.We were surprised that all three kids liked the Easter Bunny. We really don't push the whole bunny thing at our house, so they have not been that prepared to sit with him. We have always just told our kids that we give them a basket on Easter morning. The idea that some fuzzy bunny, dressed in a dirty germy costume, comes into your house while you are sleeping for some reason does not sit as well as some old gray haired man who comes down your chimney. I know it is weird but we can explain Santa being Jesus' helper easier than a person dressed in a bunny costume. We try to focus more on the Resurrection and the Easter story. Which by the way, if you ever need any tools on explaining the Easter story, we would highly recommend the Resurrection Eggs that we found at Mardel's last year. Everyday, the twelve days before Easter, you open an egg that has some tool/symbol that teaches about the Easter story. Even with all this teaching, the egg hunting still plays a major role in our kids Easter story. Maybe it is because their mom maps out and strategically plans so that we get good candy. Hannah took off when the whistle blew. We had to leave these boys behind! Okay, to all of you who are asking yourself "how could working smarter at the egg hunt prove beneficial?" Well, as you see, Hannah was off running all by herself after the whistle blew. The theory......pass up all the kids who stop right at the first sight of an egg. Flee the temptation!!!That's right, pass 'em up and go to an open space with lots of eggs and NO KIDS! Yes, she had to leave her brothers and her dad behind, but mommy and Hannah were off running. Not to worry, her brothers benefited too, she shared the toys/candy that she did not want or like. That's my girl!
Here is Hannah with her basket full all due to smart egg hunting! Not every child had such a smart parent guiding them though. We passed up a little boy who did not have very many eggs. Jason asked Hannah to drop a few of her eggs on the ground so that he could pick them up. Hannah responded quickly saying, "dad, egg hunts are not to give your eggs, you are supposed to pick up eggs." We were so amazed by her response, we did not even know what to say. We just kept on walking hoping no one else heard this little girl who I know for certain has been taught to share with others who do not have as much.
In an effort to help our family share their eggs, Luke just kept dumping out the contents of his basket on the grass. The little kids that stayed close to him definitely had the parents who also have the "work smarter not harder" mentality too. Those kids definitely benefited from his class clown approach to egg hunting.
Our partners in crime, our little neighbors also came to monopolize the eggs. 
If you can imagine, the park with hundreds of kids and lots of Easter baskets was not necessarily the best place to keep the kids attention and take a picture. Three out of five looking is not too bad.
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