Sunday, April 4, 2010

Hunting for Easter Eggs

Our neighborhood has an Easter Egg Hunt every year with about 18 to 20 children (most under the age of 5).

A successful Easter Egg Hunt depends on personality. When we took Xander out on his first hunt just shy of his third birthday, he wasn't really interested in the eggs. He liked being in the park, and riding on my shoulders.

Last year, Caleb at two and a half was extremely competitive, and managed to find a ton of eggs. Xander would find an egg, open it, comment on the contents, and then go looking for the next egg, which meant he found only a handful of eggs.  We needed to even the playing field when the boys counted their eggs, and examined the loot on the beach blanket afterward.

This year, they both seemed to understand the joy of the hunt. Xander held back examining the eggs until afterward. Also, at nearly five years old, he was very gracious, sharing coveted items like play dough and cars that Caleb didn't find.

The big challenge is keeping Caleb, my lover of sweets, from consuming all of the candy we accumulated. Combine that with the Reeses Eggs, M&M eggs, coconut eggs, and jelly beans that I have stashed away for Easter Day ... and it is a bit of a challenge.

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