On the phone to My Bestie Amelia:
MBA: Hey, did you get any pictures of the kids’ easter egg hunt.
Me: Yep, a few.
MBA: I didn’t get any.
Me: I have a some – like, three?
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Don’t worry Amelia, we have the memories:
Oscar holding his basket like an elderly woman afraid someone would snatch her bag on the bus. Or possibly in an imitation of Paris Hilton, needing the bag to rest on his elbow with his arm extended.
For balance.
Fraser realising IMMEDIATELY that the little colourful foil things were AWESOME. And finding as many as the bigger kids.
The boy was MADE for the Chocolate Hunger Games.
Me, trying to be an awesome aunty, hiding a few eggs in more challenging places for the older kids. And then having to show them where they were. Challenging and Egg Hunt probably shouldn’t be in the same sentence.
Especially when the average age of the group is 1.8 years old. (Yes. I added that up and divided it. NERDS UNITE!)
Five kids 7 and under rushing around a small backyard akin to chooks with their heads cut off. The sixth child, the youngest girl, aptly nicknamed Bunny, ambling slowly around eating eggs – foil and all. Waiting for other children and adults to deposit eggs in her basket.
Roo, my kind girl, finding more eggs than anyone else and deciding to share the wealth.
Mooch realising there was someone hovering near his basket: “What did you put in my basket?”
Roo, assured of herself: “More eggs”.
Mooch: “Oh, OK Rory!”
The biggest girl, everyone’s big Sissy, helping, climbing and trying to make the event exciting for her brother and her pseudo-cousin.
Explaining to family friends that the reason two mothers (previously known as Sugar Nazi’s) were asking their kids if they wanted MORE chocolate was an attempt to get the chocolate hoovering done well before 12pm.
Our theory was tested and proved.
Get the chocolate into them early, let them go feral, then they will still sleep in the evening.
The chocolate induced coma the older kids ended up in that afternoon. Of course, the Two were immune to the chocolate induced coma. Oscar didn’t sleep until we were driving home.
Up until then he was super fun to be around…
When our kids ask us about Easter 2012, we will have these memories. And these three photos from my iPhone.
Bunny sharing
Fraser having a moment of doubt before realising the chocolates were his! Until after lunch when his mother confiscated all chocolate and put it in the top of the cupboard
Oscar – Bag Lad
Best. Easter. EBBER!
Did you catch up with family and friends this Easter?
–POST SCRIPT–
I emailed Amelia to check she was hunky dory with all that I had written and the photos.
Other than her waxing lyrical about how awesome I am (what are besties for, right?) she only had one other thing to say:
“I wish I had a photo of the eggs you put in the aloe vera bush!!!!”
Well your three photos are three more than I have of our Easter hunt. In fact I don’t even have a single shot from the whole weekend. (bad blogger me
Rhianna recently posted..Getting Priorities Sorted
Love the way one of the kids is eating the egg foil and all. My Toby did exactly the same!
Jo @Countrylifeexperiment recently posted..For Better And Worse
Sounds like they all had fun hunting for eggs
Think its cute that Sissy and Bunny are wearing the same outfit
It was indeed a very entertaining Easter
I was just updating some workmates on the hunt and told them about Myles concern over what was going in his basket with Rory trying to be kind and share… very funny!
Was lovely to see you all and share in the fun!
At least you have three. I have nada, nothing, niente – I blame this on the fact the “easter bunny” had to get up at 5:45am
Carli@tinysavages recently posted..Farmers Arms Hotel
I thank goodness for iPhones – if it weren’t for them, I would not have anywhere near as many photos as I do! (i.e. I would have none).
Lovely pics – love a good easter-egg hunt!
MsMandie recently posted..Cat vs Child
I didnt get one pic of my kids with their eggs this easter.. I love your ones.. Oscar is just too cute with his little basket!
Mum’s the Word recently posted..Making Plans
Shame on you! Only 3 photos. And, you call yourself a blogger! Honestly, that is the only reason I ever take any photos around here… I’m always thinking “Ok, this might be good blog fodder sometime”. My husband is equally as hopeless when it comes to photo-taking, so the blog is great motivation really. (PS – your 3 photos are good ones though!)
Julie recently posted..The screaming phase
Well since it was Skye’s (and my) first ever Easter Egg hunt this year I took a bazzilion photos, trust me, three is plenty, I have about a hundred photos of Skye pulling a little foil ball out of a tree!
Oscar is sooo wearing that basket
Erin @ Eat Play Bond recently posted..Awesomely Great Grandparents
I did some catching up with my family. We had a nice dinner as well as some easter egg hunts for the little ones.
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awesome!!! We had a EEH too! And one was missing.. the one that my dad had told me to put in the little tricycle.. the one HE was suppose to be watching.. and forgot about.. and was a 20 minute hunt for the last egg.. until we finally found it.. and took the mickey out of my dad for the rest of the day!
The smiles on our kids faces were priceless.. EEH all year round I say!!
Yvette Pointon recently posted..Whats in a name?
Brilliant! I have terrible photos of our hunt – which was inside our apartment first thing in the morning and lasted all of about 2 minutes. Ho hum.
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what a fabulous weekend. Love the photos. nothing better then a long weekend with the family x
tahlia – the parenting files recently posted..party planning – decorations
Such cuteness!! Glad you had a great Easter. We spent all weekend going from one family member’s place to another. It was lovely. We had no less than 3 separate egg hunts!!
Nee recently posted..Parental Supervision
So cute! I love the easter hunt – truly a favourite. The best part about ours was that grandpa couldn’t remember where he had hidden all the eggs, so the next day the kids were well surprised when they found a few more tucked around the garden!
Cute photos, lovely baskets!
I have about 3 photos as well. I’m always good at remembering to be snap happy (not!) My kids had 2 Easter egg hunts, so my S-I-L (who has a camera permanently attached) should have more photos. Great memories though!
Debbie @ Aspiring Mum recently posted..The Dash.
I have no photos. But I do still have chocolate and baskets so maybe if I’m bored one day I’ll hide them all again and we can just redo the whole thing?
Oh and how cute are Amelia’s girls in their matching outfits?
Jess recently posted..Keeping of the House, and Random Oddities
We did an Easter hunt too, but most of the eggs were plastic with only one chocolate egg each (which we shared). Yes, I am a mean sugar-Nazi mummy
. I took heaps of photos, but have culled significantly (and chosen a mere 4 for my wordless wed post today!)
Erin @ Lohtown Life recently posted..Easter Camping: Highlights (Wordless Wednesday)
Way too cute for words
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Chantel recently posted..Easter Treasure Hunt – Wordless Wednesday
Love that you put up this post and your 3 mere photos. You have created the memories.
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