Egg Hunt!

After poaching another neighborhood's Easter Egg hunt for many years,  the cumulative guilt finally caught up with us and we decided to go to a community Easter egg hunt.  We made a long trip south to the farm that does the pumpkin patch that we go to.  I received an email from them saying they had an Easter Egg hunt and we love the farm so much we decided to give it a try!  I'm glad we did!



The grounds are just beautiful, but because of the cold Spring we're having, not much was in bloom.  However, we did find this pretty tree that made a beautiful back drop.



Kaitlin was having trouble with the sun.  Even though it was behind her, it was bothering her eyes.  We're not used to sun around here.



After we snapped the required (and detested) photos, we headed to the line.  The Bug was SO excited...



Matthew was in the older kid area, but I snapped a picture of the 3 of the kids before he went to line up.



waiting....



And they were off!!!



There was a 12 egg limit to ensure that all the kids (there were scads of them ~ got eggs).  Andrew and Kaitlin were here there and everywhere and I was trying to keep track of both of them so I didn't take a lot of photos.  I have a little bit of paranoia now about losing the kids in large public spaces.  Although this venue wouldn't cause quite the panic that the fair did, I still wanted to know where they were at all times.



See the ladies laughing on the left in the photo above?  I'll show you why in a minute.  The kids ran to Dan to show them their goods.



And then ran off to open their eggs and see their treasures!



But first, a photo.  Notice Kaitlin's bucket?  She passed up every color and only collected pink and purple eggs.  That is SO her ~ and the reason why the ladies were laughing.



The kids were happy with their eggs right afterward but then on the way home said that they wished they could have gathered more.  I was happy that we didn't have a ton of candy coming home!







There were all sorts of different things...little toys, balloons, candy, a coupon for a free ice cream at the farm store (Matthew got that one, so we collected on it before we left).





The kids were thrilled over the balloons ~ I thought that was a great idea!



And then we headed off to the jumping pillow....



Matthew and Andrew were running around at the speed of light and so I gave up getting a photo of them and snapped this sweetness...



Then we headed off to explore a bit.  I love this farm. 



This poor Mama goat....



Boy, I remember how that felt.  I was really feeling for her!  There was another baby goat nearby so I suspect this one won't be far behind.  Bless her heart.



We went to the fort and played "Cops & Robbers."



Kaitlin loved all the flowers, of course.  She looked into this green house and said, "It's my dream come true!"  She's so funny.



Love my boys.



While I shopped for produce for Easter dinner (and okay, maybe some fresh Apple cider doughnuts...) the kids had ice cream cones.  A little is still on Matthew's lip in the photo below.  But I love that his freckles are popping out.  Cutie pie.



The weather was fantastic.  It was sunny and warm, and the most beautiful day of the year so far.  It was absolute heaven.  I was so grateful for the sunshine and the time spent outside with the family.  We came home and dyed Easter Eggs and made Resurrection rolls, but that will have to be another post as it is Easter Eve and there is plenty to do!

Happy Easter!!!