A Friendly Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday afternoon, we invited the Grandstaffs over for a little Easter egg hunt. Although Gunner and Hudson had no idea what was going on or what was expected of them, they were more than happy just being outside in the beautiful sunshine. Bryn, on the other hand, knew exactly what was inside of those neon colored eggs. . . treats!

Before the hunt began, she prayed fervently to find the most eggs with the best candy inside. Perhaps I should have told her the odds were definitely in her favor considering that one of her competitors can't even walk and the other one was perfectly content with single lollipop.

After explaining the procedure (see an egg, pick it up) the kids were off. Bryn scampered around the yard like a little bunny. At first she would only collect the pink and purple eggs. After awhile, we were finally able to convince her that the Easter Bunny does not discriminate and puts treats in all eggs despite their color. Gunner walked around aimlessly occasionally pausing to check out a particularly interesting rock or leaf. Hudson just sat there and squawked about his displeasure of being left in the grass. He has some weird complex about crawling around in grass. 

I could see that if the parents didn't get involved, this would turn into the longest Easter Egg hunt known to man. Nate put away his video camera and helped Hudson find all those ridiculously hard to find and impossible to reach eggs. He obviously doesn't believe in making things easy for the kids. . . even Easter egg hunts.

In the end, all the kids found enough eggs to fill their baskets and received enough sugar to cause a few cavities. Hudson was less than impressed with the treats, but was excited to discover that eggs filled with jelly beans make excellent maracas. 

However, once he saw that Gunner was working on his second sucker, the maracas became a lot less cool. You can see how his little mind is trying to figure out how a sucker that big came from inside one of those eggs.

Brynlee emerged as the victor of the Easter egg hunt easily claiming the most spoils. It is amazing how it takes her five minutes to do the buckles on her sandals, yet she can unwrap half a dozen candies in under thirty seconds. In all fairness, I don't blame her increase in motivation. After all, Easter candy is the best holiday candy.

In the end, the kids had a great time and were pleased with their loot. Gunner must have eaten three or four suckers. Hudson scarfed down jelly beans along with bits of grass that got stuck on his sticky hands, and Brynlee ate more than her fair share of chocolate eggs. And, like all good parents, we didn't want the kids to eat all the candy themselves, so we were more than happy to help lighten up their buckets.