Easter Rocks & Confetti Eggs

Despite the stormy, cold weather, our Easter was bright and fun-filled. The festivities began with egg coloring. Jack took over the task of dropping the egg into the dye, usually sending splashes all over and leaving cracks in the egg (which made the colors look even cooler with lightning bolt-looking streaks). It was worth the giggles, though, that erupted from both boys each time. David considered his placement of face stickers carefully on his eggs, while Jack attempted to cover his solely in multiple pairs of eyes. 

Then Easter morning we were surprised to find Grandma Pam and Grandpa Rick lurking in our front yard. They were secretly hiding some Easter treasures until I spotted them out the window. Actually, since my contacts weren't in yet, I spotted colorful blobs who could have actually been bunnies (or our neighbors) for all I knew, so their covert mission could have been completed unsuspected. Thinking the jig was up, they joined us inside for a visit. It worked out for the best because they were able to see the kids' cute reactions and our gratitude over the beautiful bouquet of flowers (for me) and the package of bologna (for Rich). They know what we like! 

Then we headed to Uncle Mort and Aunt Lacie's for Mort's savory salmon dinner and an egg hunt that was equally fun for the adults. Jack, still not grasping the concept excitedly darted around the yard, ignoring the colorful eggs and collecting large rocks in his basket instead. We all enjoyed the confetti eggs, which were smashed on heads until everyone was covered in enough confetti to cause us to leave trails of it everywhere we walked for the remainder of the day. David, convinced that ALL of the eggs were confetti-filled was found stomping on and smashing REAL eggs, which everyone found amusing (good thing they were hard-boiled) except cousin Eli who had carefully painted those eggs to display. Lacie provided the kids with surprise filled baskets and these amazing talking eggs that call to you until you find them. We've been simulating hunts with those eggs everyday since. Genius! The boys also received a prize in the mail from Grandma K and returned to little Easter bags from mom and dad (last year they were buckets... one of these years we will upgrade to actual baskets). The hunt included simple readable words for David to put together to discover where the bags were. It was amazing how well he read with such an incentive! (THE BIG BAG IS IN THE CAR IN THE BACK. GO GET IT!)