Easter Celebrations

Easter kind of sneaked up on me. (You know, had a baby and all.) So I was very grateful for family this year. First of all, we got to have a fun and relaxed egg hunt with all my cousins. June loved it, even if she was inappropriately dressed as Cinderella and had to borrow a 7 year old's jacket.

Baby Hazel watching from inside while being held by her great grandma

On Saturday we tried one of those free egg hunts. We found one at the Zermatt resort in Midway. We were a few minutes late so naturally, all the eggs were gone. So I let June take a rock home... and somehow she stole a candy off some kid.

She didn't seem to mind not having any eggs though. Instead she gathered flowers and leaves like a true princess would.

There was also a carnival afterwards. June tumbled around in the bounce house and saw the easter bunny and then we called it day.

Thanks to my mom sending us a package, we had a great basket with some books and bath paints waiting for June. We added the Frozen soundtrack and called it good.

We also made these marshmallow "peeps"

My mom also sent us this egg hunt that is Christ centered. Each egg has a scripture and object that teaches about His atonement, crucifixion, and resurrection. So even though I didn't make that I felt like a productive mom.

This Easter I learned a good lesson.

 I am never going to a free egg hunt again. The one we did wasn't so bad but I heard about the other ones and it seems like we're teaching our kids to stress out and then race to get all the candy you can for yourself. Normally I don't care how people celebrate but this community tradition feels messed up to me. And parents go crazy trying to make sure their kids get all the eggs too! It's nutso. And I rarely use the word "nutso."

 Anyway, holidays are fun regardless and I love having kids.

The End.