I made lots and lots of sugar cookies for the get together. Max was really helpful this time and put the sprinkles on very carefully and well. I think they turned out pretty cute.
We scheduled it for in between conference sessions. Sessions are at such weird times out here--starting at noon and then again at 4. So everybody came as soon as they were done with the first session at 2.
When everybody arrived I sent the dads out to hide the eggs that everybody had brought. When I walked out to see how things were going I was very amused to see the trampoline looking like a shoe and sock store.
The kids were having a total blast on it.
It was fun to see all the colored eggs dotting the yard, and the dads hiding the eggs.
Needless to say, the kids were super excited and raring to go.
Ready, set, go!!
Once all the eggs were found (which really didn't take as long as it should've, considering how many we had!) the kids sat down to count their spoils, to feast and trade.
I think they were having a good time, what do you think?
While the kids were busy the grownups chatted and snacked and hung out. It was perfect.
We had a great time. It's nice that we have good friends we can be with on holidays like this, when we're especially prone to miss our parents and brothers and sisters, and little ones are missing their cousins. It's like we're a big adoptive family out here, and it's great.
We'll miss everybody when we go and when they go. But for now, there's always Rex in pink bunny ears. That makes everything ok.
3 comments:
How very odd it is to look at these pictures. I am intimately tied to what happened in your back yard, and yet I know only a few faces out of the many, and these children - who will be on your family vids forever - are totally unknown to me. It's a strange disconnect. I am glad that I dreamed as a kid of going to a big egg hunt, and that I did go to one and hated it - such a let down, in a park somewhere, one egg per kid. Because that left me wanting more. More adventure and magic. And that itch in my psyche never left me.
I think of myself as someone who dreams of a lot of things, but never really does anything. I see now that this isn't true. I wasn't one of those moms who was always doing fancy units - like German week or something. Or who hired ponies for birthdays. But I pulled off some good stuff. And that first giant egg hunt (with probably 70 eggs!!!) was one of them.
Those egg hunts are built into your life and Meg's and all you kids'. Because I had wanted it so badly as a kid myself. And now you take that do-able magic and pass it along, not only to Max, but to every family there, and every small child, who will remember the feeling of that hunt forever.
They will believe in magic and good things after this. Because they've had it.
Did you do hard light on these when you processed them? One photo in particular was a nice study in blue.
Much love,
Lonely Mom
Ginna
It looks like a wonderful party. Glad you're carrying on the tradition. Wish we could've been there. Seems like you have a great circle of friends.
Love you
Dad
Oh how delightfully fun! Yes, the cookies did turn out wondefully. Nice job Max!
We woke to three inches of snow Easter morning.....no outside Easter fun here!
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