Returning home from a car ride with Dad, the boys discover that the Easter Bunny has left evidence of his presence, starting on the front porch.
One is left to wonder what other treasures must await the boys inside the house?
Each boy wielding his own bucket or basket, they gather up the many chocolate eggs strewn about the house.
Some down the bedroom hallway...
Some in the corner by the couches...
And they meet to compare hoards on the living room coffee table.
Did you check the kitchen yet?
YUP! GOT IT!
A working foam fan with M&Ms inside the bottom?!
SWEET!
Tavish surveys the initial destruction while Declan begins his first of several sugar crashes.
Now that Tavish is in bed napping (as I write this), we have only to wait until we go to Granny and Grumpy's house for Easter dinner so they can both experience more uppers and downers.
Is it chocolate egg day? Or is it Zombie Jesus day?
I think we all know which version little kids prefer. We'll probably have more pics from the dinner portion of the day later on in the week.
Just returned from Easter ourselves (is that a word?). The munchkin is asleep and now I'm being hailed to unload the minivan.
Buh-bye.
Posted by: Mark | Sunday, 23 March 2008 at 09:33 PM
Whew. Got that out of the way.
Great pics of the kids' Easter Egg quest. We saw a couple of those sugar crashes, too.
Actual quote from our Easter Eve while the kids dyed eggs: "Remember, Easter's all about God," said my SIL as she lifted an egg from the tray of green dye.
Posted by: Mark | Sunday, 23 March 2008 at 10:08 PM
My son's early Easters involved grand outdoor candy hunts with dozens of cousins on his grandparents' farm. Usually they were followed by days of vomiting and irritability. Good times.
Posted by: marian | Monday, 24 March 2008 at 05:33 AM
Sounds like both boys had a real great time Simon!!!
How about you? Did you have fun? *LOL*
Posted by: Dave | Monday, 24 March 2008 at 07:39 AM
Can't wait until Xavier's old enough to do the egg hunt thing; it should be fun. Of course, that will mean he's old enough to know that we're eating the chocolate people give him.
You have nice enough weather for kids to go out without hats, over there? Lucky... they're forecasting 6 more weeks of winter weather over here; yesterday was COLD. I was counting on April to make things better, but it will probably let us down. Spring is due in May... that's late, me thinks.
Posted by: Émilie B | Monday, 24 March 2008 at 06:33 PM
I love the picture of the sugar-crashing Dex. Blurry and teary in the background..just perfect. Not that I enjoying watching your son weep or anything...it's just a funny shot.
Norah caught on to the egg hunt thing pretty well this year. Granted, the "hiding" was pretty minimal, but she grasped the idea that there were good things inside those plactic containers. She'd squeel with delight when she found one and then run back to the very spot that she started the hunt. Opening eggs could apparently only happen on that spot. Then she'd set out again in search of more Easter booty.
I just can't wait til I can get devilish with my hiding. My brother and I did egg hunts for each other long after our parents gave up the tradition. Hiding and seeking is just a great idea for a holiday, if you ask me.
Posted by: Moksha Gren | Wednesday, 26 March 2008 at 10:21 AM