Easter

With Austin now big enough to enjoy holidays, we wanted to do something extra for Easter. At Thanksgiving Point they have an Easter egg hunt. Ok, it is more like an Easter egg dash, but we will get there.

A few days before we dyed the eggs. I was watching a one of Austin's little friends that day, so he got to join in. They each got 4 eggs. Shirts were removed and the dying process began. They had so much fun! I was glad that Brandon was home in time for this. Both boys wanted to make a big mess so it was nice to have extra hands. I put the eggs in whisks to make it easier, and boy did that help!

Now, on Saturday morning, before we headed over to Thanksgiving Point, we decided that we should probably do our own egg hunt. That way he knew what to do when we got there. I filled some plastic eggs with some change that we had in the coin jar, and took them outside to hide. Austin was so excited to find them!

Before we went outside

Once he realized there was stuff inside all he wanted to do was open them

We got ready, and headed over. Now, Brandon came up with this idea which if you know anything about him, he hates crowds. Well, it certainly was crowded. As we got there they were just about to do the egg hunt. We sat in the grass and waited. They literally walked around this large patch of grass and dropped the eggs. The whole outside was fenced off, and Austin was really good and waited until they were told to go.

Now, they told the parents and kids that this was all fun, no shoving and fighting over eggs, and to let the kids put them in their baskets. We were fully intent on him doing it by himself. However, there were some parents that went in and were collecting the eggs without their child even next to them. That was very annoying, because they were taking all the eggs around Austin and not even letting him get any. Rude people!! Oh well, he was happy that he got some.

In the eggs there was little toys, candy, and a few had some prizes to Thanksgiving Point. Austin got one of those papers. We headed over and he got to pick one egg. The prizes could be admission for two to any of their exhibits or a membership. We were hoping for a membership, but he picked one that had admission for two to the Gardens.

 Getting into the Easter thing gave free admission to the farm. We headed over there to get a break from the crowds. Austin just loves the farm! Pony ride, tractor ride, and animals - what is not to love!

We headed back over to the Easter egg hunt and did it one more time. Then we waited for another tractor ride and left.

The next morning the Easter Bunny came and gave Austin some bubbles, a magna doddle, and a some candy. Then, we talked about the story of Jesus for like the 100th time so he would know the real reason for Easter.

Happy Easter!