Every year we do an egg hunt with our kids. In previous years it has been a chocolate egg hunt, but this year we are doing things a little differently.
The year has brought a few dietary changes in the Campbell household (which truly is a post in and of itself!) The end result, I do not do ANY refined products! My two oldest decided they didn't want to either. (What kid would go without sugar...by choice! I don't quite understand it.) For me, it has helped my health to finally get turned around. For my kids, it's just something they want to do. My younger two still have treats with Daddy occasionally, but since they are getting those at the church egg hunt, and I have never been a fan of junk food for kids, I didn't mind scratching the candy out of the equation.
We have a ton of plastic eggs so I thought we would fill those with fun things instead. I called my neighbor/friend Carrie and had a little brainstorming session, thank you Carrie, on what I could fill them with. (I had also gotten a few ideas from the kids) I settled on marbles, fake tattoos, erasers (which my kids love...David's are dinosaurs that have limbs that he can move) hair clippies, fruit snacks, and money. The fruit snacks were a real find. I wanted something for them to eat and I found a brand without any added sugar. I was stoked!
I am going to assign each kid a color, or couple of colors. I will fill their eggs and then write out a hint for where their Easter basket is (we hide them every year) and cut the hint up, putting one word in an egg. After they find all of their eggs they will have to put the papers in order to see where their basket is. For their baskets, the kids requested exotic fruit. So I went to town (Meijer has a huge selection) and got them each a gift as well. I can't wait for Sunday. It's going to be a blast. I am the most excited for this Easter than any one we have had so far. (As much fun as Holidays were when I was a kid, it's even more fun as an adult, planning for your own kids!)
We will do our Easter hunt in the morning, go to church, head to Bryan's parents house for Easter Dinner (I'm making Rabbit Stew) and then home for a little family time and Daddy teaching us about why we celebrate Easter and about the gift our Savior has given each of us. I'm so excited! It's all going to be so great.
Sounds fantastic! We are also doing our own egg hunt this year, and are not big on candy - so I put stickers in some (dinosaurs & bugs are a fave around here!) and some little toy frogs in others, and then I did put a few jelly bellies in a handful as well. We don't really talk about the Easter Bunny (even though we love Santa) but the kids know they will get a surprise in their Easter Baskets - I found the COOLEST children's bible ever, and then they are getting a real porcelain tea set and I made some little colorful tea bags out of fabric and felt for them to have "tea parties"...which is a constant request since they got a little table just their size as a joint bday gift. Wouldn't it be nice if we could all just beam ourselves together for a big Easter Feast!?! Sure miss you - it's been so fun seeing what's going on in your world with your little posts - thanks :) It definitely helps me feel more connected across the miles - a great gift! :)
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