Easter was my Birthday. I claimed all day that I loved sharing my birthday with the holiday because it makes it extra fun. That statement is true. It is also good because then the focus isn't on me whole day. However, it was incredibly frustrating when my own father completely forgot it was my birthday at all. So, enough about birthdays...
I don't know why, but this year I never bothered getting out any of my Easter decorations. We didn't even dye any eggs this year. I though about it last weekend, but I figured there was no point since there was only a week left. My kids wanted me to get it out the night before, but I refused. I did have to get the Easter bunny stuff out though and I was surprised how much stuff cute stuff i had that I had forgotten about. Oh, well...next year I will be pleasantly surprised again.
Our Easter weekend was lots of fun. We woke up Saturday and headed off to the South Ogden days Easter Egg hunt. The kids always have a great time. They cordon off the field and throw hundreds of eggs out for the kids to collect. Different age groups are on different fields. I went with Hailey and Hayden. I didn't have to say anything to them. The siren went off and they were gone. Brady apparently had a little more difficulty with Andrew. Andrew had to ask before each egg if it was okay if he picked it up. He only got a few eggs.
I know that every year they pass out salt water taffy, so I should have known to look it up before we left. Taffy was the pretty much the only candy they did this year and we weren't sure if that was okay for Hailey so we told her she couldn't have any until we looked it up. It made her pretty sad.
We left that park and headed up to the college. We got there a little early and waited in line for twenty minutes. They cordon off a whole floor in the Student Union building and threw candy and toys all over. The hunt started at 10:00 and we were back in our car by 10 after 10. I took Andrew this time and he did a little better. He still wouldn't pick anything up though unless you told him to do it. He picked up a handful of toy dinosaurs. This time I was a little smarter. Out spot in line was right next to the empty boxes of their candy wrappers, so we went through all the wrappers to figure out what was good and bad for Hailey.
After the college we headed off to the kids school. They do a fun little activity every year. They let the kids dye two eggs each. They did a hunt where the kids got stickers and little toys. They worked on a craft - a bunny made from a baby food jar. They painted a pot and then put in a flower. It is always lots of fun.
After that we went to Costco for lunch. Nothing like cheap hot dogs and pizza.
After that we finished off the day at the park by my dad's house for another hunt. They had free face painting and balloons and they did a little performance. They got all the kids lined up and told them to wait for the word go, but the announcer was trying to tell people to hurry up and get in line and he
inadvertantly said the word go. All the kids in the twins group took off. We couldn't pull them back so then he really said go. It was funny because none of the other age groups took off, just the first graders. But hey, it was fun. I ran into a few old friends from the 'hood.
Easter morning everyone was up by 7 and hunting for eggs and ripping through their baskets. Everyone got something they really liked and they were all different. Hailey clothes, Hayden a game, Andrew - color wonder! (Ethan has been in Cali with his dad.) After that we got dressed and headed off to Grandparents
Liddell for more hunting. We hung out there for a few hours and then headed of Grandparent
Kunz for more fun.
Frankly, it was an exhausting weekend!
