Easter egg hunt

It has been snowing off and on for the last few weeks, so Jim and I were very afraid we would wake up Sunday morning to snow on the ground. It has not been uncommon for it to snow during the night or early morning and then all melt by afternoon. It is also very cold in the mornings, considering we still have snow and all. This caused a bit of trepidation as to whether the Easter bunny would leave the eggs in the house for a family hunt or be able to do it outside. Well, we woke up Easter morning with just the snow that had fallen the day before and only covering the shaded spots in the backyard. So, the Easter bunny was able to hide eggs outside for our family hunt. The kids were so pleased, as well as Jim and I, cause there are not too many places to hide eggs in this small apartment.


This was Sunshines first real egg hunt and he thought it was a lot of fun to locate eggs around the yard. He was not too sure about picking them up at first, but he quickly got the hang of it. We had to have a "talk" with the boys about making sure they were letting Sunshine and Abby get some of the eggs and they did pretty good with that. There were a few times when Abby would be going for an egg only to have a brother swoop in and steal it, but with a few stern looks from mom that only happened a few times. Again, it is always nice when you can make it through things like this without any major traumatic episodes or fights from anyone. We had a cold, but wonderful time.


Of course in this next one we could not get Abby to look at the camera. She was just more concerned about grabbing the egg and scouting for the next egg to pick up. She got to enjoy 3 different egg hunts this year, so she has plenty of practice.


And this one is just to prove the cold weather we still have. Spring or not, it will still snow in Montana if it wants too.