The Waxhonian Chronicles: Lottie's First Easter Egg Hunt

Last Saturday we ventured out in the cold and rain to Union United Methodist Church where they were having an Easter Extravaganza. I was so hoping that the rain would hold out and the weather was going to warm up a bit, but it didn't and it was COLD!!!!!!!!!!

The kids started off with story time behind the true meaning of Easter. Afterwards, they all headed outdoors for games, cookie decorating and finally an Easter egg hunt. They had it roped off for the various age groups and I swear they must have hid 500 eggs. Everywhere I stepped, there was an egg filled with candy. This was Lottie's first egg hunt as we were in England last year and that's just not something they really do.

Mrs. Beverly led Lottie through the grass and helped her get the hang of it. That only took finding a few eggs and Lottie was off. She loved it. The eggs were overflowing from her basket. Afterwards, we cleaned up the eggs and she started devouring candy. The kid loves candy. She asked for candy all day long after we left. She was begging to be given her basket!

We only lasted about an hour outdoors. It was FREEZING! Lottie was shivering and it was almost nap time so as you can imagine a melt down was getting ready to go down.

All in all, it was a good time! Lottie and I are taking a mommy / daughter trip to visit Aunt Amy this weekend as Steve has to work. I am so looking forward to having this time with her. I have started feeling a little guilty about how my time is going to be shared between her and Mini Coop #2. She has no "real" idea how everything is getting ready to change. So, I plan to take full advantage this weekend. We are going to walk along the beach picking up shells, dye Easter eggs, hide Easter eggs and just spend some good quality one on one time. :)

Here are a few photos from Lottie's first egg hunt!