Easter Egg Hunt

On Sunday we went to Eli's first Easter egg hunt. It was a really nice day, a tad chilly in the shade. The sun was actually out and shining!



We had some time before the egg hunt at the park, so JR and I went over to the swings and slides with Eli. He loves swinging. We haven't been to the park with Daddy in a while, so I was glad to have him there. The reason? I wanted him to be at the bottom of the slide when I let Eli go down by himself for the first time! We started with the tube slide, I thought that was the safest. I kinda layed him down, I didn't want him to fall back and smack his head, further scaring him into ever wanting to go down the slide again. Not that I thought he was going to be scared one bit. He loves the slide.





JR caught him at the bottom. I kinda wished I could've seen his face. JR said he looked a little scared but he was smiling by the time I went down the slide. Eli and I went to another park later in the week and I was able to put him at the top of the slide myself, hurry around to the bottom, and catch him! He LOVED it! I think we will be doing that a lot more often.



So, it was finally time for the egg hunt. They gathered up all the preschoolers. We were waiting at the starting line for quite some time. It was hard to hold Eli back, haha! He saw all the eggs and couldn't wait to grab them.





Finally we were off! It took him a few minutes to get the idea. He would pick up the egg, shake it, try to open it, then I would coax him into putting it in the basket. At one point, he excitedly picked up two eggs, shook them, and threw them down to go get more! He probably only got a dozen eggs. But I think he had a blast. Just when he started to get the hang of it, all the eggs were gone.





We are going to another egg hunt of Friday with the MOMS club.

Happy Easter everyone!