St. Andrews Easter Egg Hunt

Last weekend, Nathan got to participate in his first Easter Egg Hunt of the year. Our friends, Dan and Haewon, invited us to their church for the activities. We started the morning by meeting for breakfast, which was really fun. Wayne and I both ordered big breakfasts and then shared our food with Nathan. I actually think that Nathan ate more than we did! I gave him pancakes and eggs on his plate which he ate, and then he started eating from my plate. He's my little piggy :)


After breakfast, we headed to the church where we met Alison and Shawn, and their little girl Lauren (one of Nathan's girlfriends). I had planned on dressing Nathan in a new shorts outfit I had just bought for him, but a winter storm blew in and it was absolutely FREEZING! It was so strange to see all of the kids hunting Easter eggs and dressed in sweaters, coats, and hats. Of course, Nathan and the other kids could care less what the temperature was...they just wanted to fill their baskets!


Wayne and I did wonder if Nathan would understand the concept of picking up eggs and putting them in his basket. Well, he understood it alright! In fact, Nathan got so excited when he saw all of the eggs, that we didn't even have to show him what to do. He just started filling his basket until eggs fell out! Then he would try to open a few and start all over. He was so cute!

Nathan, there's a limit to how many eggs you can get!

"Golden eggs! Reece, you can have one, and I'll take the rest."

Haewon took this picture of Nathan through the tunnel. She also took the next two. Haewon, you are so creative with the coloring!

Reece

Alison is to the left, Nathan, Lauren is in the pink dress and coat, and Reece is getting more eggs.

After hunting eggs and having numb hands, we headed inside where the kids couldn't wait to eat the treats from their eggs.

"Alright, enough picture taking. Let's go play some more!"

There were so many activities to do: bounce houses, arts and crafts, food, face painting, and a petting zoo. Nathan especially like the bounce house...until he got tackled by an aggressive little girl. Reece was the first victim. He was having so much fun bouncing and then all of a sudden, this little girl jumped on him several times! Haewon immediately took him out. Nathan wanted to get in after that so I let him, thinking this sweet looking little girl must have just lost her balance. Nope! She gave Nathan just enough time to start jumping and laughing and having fun, then she attacked. She jumped on my sweet little baby and would not let him up! It was like a wrestling match! I tried to get in there to get him because her mother was not doing anything to get her off of him, but it took me a while because the opening to the house is meant for a toddler. When I finally pulled him out from under her, he wobbled to the opening saying "Out Mommy." It was so pitiful :(

But Nathan's tough and didn't let that spoil his time. We made a craft (actually, Nathan just stuck stickers on Lauren)

And then got tattoos. Here are Reece and Nathan comparing them.

And then headed to the petting zoo.

Although the weather wasn't perfect, we had so much fun! Now Nathan is a pro and is ready for more hunts!