Easter Egg Hunt & Easter Basket

This year we only went to one egg hunt.  The one at our church.  Our Wednesday night ROC Groups had their own "private" egg hunt on the Saturday before Easter.

 Taft's silly face.  He wasn't too happy about pictures.  

You never know where you might find an egg in Florida.  You have to check all the palm trees.

 I also had to get a picture of him on the stage since it was decorated for Easter.

Easter morning Taft found his basket in a chair in the family room.  He got bubbles, SpongeBob body wash, a chocolate bunny, gun, checkers, egg decorating kit, candy, and a new outfit.  He was happy that the Easter Bunny thought ahead and even washed his shorts and shirt so he could wear it to church.  

Eggstravaganza!!

Taft and I went to the city Easter Eggstravaganza.  It is at Town Center every year and the Easter Bunny is always there for pictures.  

This year, they did a little more.  There were food vendors and the fire department was there to teach fire safety.

We decided to do the egg hunt first.  This was really the first year that Taft was completely into getting as many eggs as possible.

 I cannot comment to whether or not Taft had anything to do with the child on the ground.

 Taft was very happy with all the eggs that he found.  He got lots of candy in them.  Since we did the hunt first, we were able to put the basket back in the car before enjoying the other activities. The fist thing that we did was get in line for the Easter Bunny.  Always a favorite of Taft's.

After the Bunny photos, we headed over to the vendors to get the a chocolate milkshake for Taft.

When they headed over to the fire department's set up.  They had a really cute little house where the kids could use the hose to "put out" the fire in the windows.

He also loved having a chance to get in the boots of a real fireman.

EGGstravaganza

Each year, the City of Palm Coast has an Easter Egg Hunt.  They call it the EGGstravaganza.  It is pretty much packed with people.  We got there early to get good parking and Taft found some friends from his Preschool to play with.  Aren't they cute?

He also is at the age where he is not very good at following modeling advice.  He will smile but not look at me, or look at me and not smile.  I am sure that it is just a stage...

He enjoyed the hunt.  The city marks off an area and dumps out the eggs.  This year, they decided that they would take 50-75 kids at a time, with no parents, and run them through.  I got Taft in the first group and Shane stayed at the starting gate while I went to the exit.  We wanted to make sure that we could find him.  It went okay but I was not a real fan.  I am sure that there is a better way but you can't make everyone happy.

He got enough eggs.  There is no art in finding them since it is just a flat field of grass.  Basically - you just run and pick up as many as you can get.  He was very serious about seeing what was inside them though.

After the hunt was over, we got in line to see the Easter Bunny.  He was very excited.  He and I were talking about seeing the bunny before we left home.  He told me that he was going to take his Bunny and tell the Easter Bunny thank you for giving him to him (his first Easter).  He also said that he was going to tell him that he wants a new spin toothbrush in is basket tomorrow. 

Here he is with the Bunny:

And here is the Easter Bunny giving him a thumbs up when he told him thank you for Bunny:

And he had to get in a hug and kiss before he left.  He wanted to make sure that he got his $5 worth.

Afterwards, we got some lunch at Woody's, Taft came home and rested with Shane, and I went off to Wal*Mart and Kohl's.  Such a nice day.

Hospital Easter Egg Hunt

Yesterday we took Taft to the Florida Hospital Flagler Easter Egg Hunt. We decided to skip the City Egg Hunt last weekend. When we arrived they were giving out baskets to the children that didn't have one already and a stuffed animal to the other children. Taft picked out a little yellow duck and carried it around in his basket while he looked for eggs. All the 3 and under children where together so that the "big" kids would not run them over.
We showed Taft what to do with a few eggs and then he pretty much figured it out. He would run and run and pick up an egg. He would hold and it and not put it in his basket. Then the next egg he say he would put down the egg in his hand and pick up the other. We had to help him with the basket part. He had a great time just running and playing the other kids. Afterwards we went to Bob Evan's for breakfast for dinner and then he was ready for bed.

Easter Egg Hunt

Today was Taft's first Easter Egg Hunt. Shane took off work to make sure that he could go with us. I was really glad. It took two people to find eggs for a little boy that can't walk. =)
It really looked like there were more kids than eggs and as you can see they aren't really hidden. They just throw them on the grass and let the little ones run to grab as many as possible. Shane held Taft while I picked up 4 eggs and we got out of the way. We let Taft sit on the grass to see what was in his basket. I took all the candy out of the eggs since he can't have it and he seemed to like the eggs just as they were.
We got in line for the Easter Bunny and I was able to get one photo as soon as he sat down that he wasn't crying in. He just wasn't sure about a giant bunny holding him.
All in all it was fun and he can say that he went to his first Easter Egg Hunt. Everything took about 30 minutes and we were on the way to eat lunch.