Shule found these bunny ears in the toy box just before we left for the hunt- all the kids tried them on but we decided they looked best on Sophie (actually, Sally looked pretty cute but she wouldn't keep them on. In fact, Shule & Shazer also looked pretty cute, but same problem :)
This past Saturday our ward decided to combine the annual Primary Easter Egg Hunt with the ward party, so they did a nice brunch/hunt at the Bartlett's home. The Bartletts are an older couple in the ward who have a nice enough house that is probably worth at least a million dollars (even in the currently troubled market) because it's on an acre of land right smack in the middle of Tempe/Ahwatukee/Chandler- it's on Rural road (which was originally aptly named probably 50 or so years ago but urban sprawl has been the name of the game since then). They live in this peculiar neighborhood where every house is on at least one acre, some on two, (some of the houses are really nice- either having been renovated or rebuilt/replacing original humble dwellings, while others are just average older homes) surrounded by developments of million dollar homes that are on a fourth or less of the land. Most of the people who live on the street own horses, sheep, cows, chickens or some other type of farm type animal. The Relief Society president lives in one of these houses and has two cows and on occasion takes care of a friend's horse or two. She also hosts the Thursday playgroup at her house and the kids love seeing the cows and playing in her huge yard complete with playhouse/jungle gym, trampoline, and swimming pool. This is the neighborhood where the ward has the annual Halloween tractor trick-or-treating.
Anyway, back to the Bartletts.
They have the perfect space for a Primary Easter egg hunt because they had huge separate yards. The senior primary could have a more difficult search among the citrus trees, while junior primary had an easier time in the garden, and the under 3- nursery kids could look for eggs laying out in plain sight in a huge, flat, fenced-in yard. Thus, avoiding the tears and frustration that inevitably occur when older kids race in and grab all the eggs before the younger ones even realize what "hunting" is all about.
The food was good, the kids had fun and it was over in less than an hour- which was perfect for every one's attention span and because Jon was taking the boys to the Renaissance festival and wanted to get an early start (I'll post some pics and even a little video about that soon). The Bartletts even shared a bag of their lemons with us so we could make fresh lemonade (not quite as much as my friend Clarisa will be making, though ;) check out her blog: gailey sunbeams to see what I mean).
Even with us pointing straight at that purple egg she still didn't see it until she accidentally brushed up against it and it fell to the ground. So funny.
I only got one picture of Shule and it was of his back side running way off in the distance- that kid was highly motivated to find those eggs. Here Shazer learned the lesson: never yell out "hey there are some in that ditch" when there is another kid closer to the ditch than you are.
Shazer still inspecting trees long after the hunt is over.
This picture is for you, Tammy, who gets on my case for never posting pictures of myself. I'm usually the one behind the camera- I like it that way. As you can see, I've done away with the fuchsia streak for now, and I'm just going with all brown. I'd love to do a blue streak but it's tricky and way too much upkeep. I'm also letting my hair grow out for a while, until I get sick of it again ;)
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