What a wonderful Easter we have had so far!! :) Alissa woke up before us, found an egg hanging suspended in the middle of the hallway with a pair of ears and when she opened the egg and found a note she decided to wake us up so she could find out what the note said :) We quickly got dressed and put on the ears and woke up Daddy so we could find out what the Easter bunny had to say!! This is Alissa grabbing some eggs the Easter bunny left in the living room, but the fun was just about to begin!! 
And Jonathan grabbing eggs as well..his were ball eggs (basketball, football, etc) and Alissa's were princess eggs. All were filled with candy eggs.
Now for the fun!! We have a tradition carried over from my family that to get your Easter baskets you have to work for it. There are a series of clues and riddles you have to solve on your journey to your basket.. each clue leads to an egg and each egg contains a clue, get the picture? :) Last year we did this for Alissa for the first time and she needed lots of coaching to figure things out -- this year she was a PRO!! She got through all the clues and found her basket pretty quick! That Easter bunny will have to make things more difficult next year.. but the way, in the pic one of the clues is missing.. in all the post-Easter chaos I couldn't find it :)
JACKPOT!! :) The baskets were hidden in the linen closet. Here they are checking out the goodies. 
Now.. the Easter bunny couldn't forget about Matt.. so he found a great big egg (painted like a police car) and surprise surprise there was a note for him..and a clue. Here is what he had to solve:
Poor guy wasn't awake yet so I had to give a few hints to him (the Easter bunny had given me a cheat sheet to help him out knowing he is getting old and all). He trudged his way through the clues and found his basket!! I didn't get a chance to take a picture of his basket before he tore into it.. but it had a couple movies, candy, and misc. goodies for him. I will have to have a talk with that old bunny and make sure he makes Matt's clues a bit easier next year.. that OA is a killer. (Old Age) :)
And Jonathan grabbing eggs as well..his were ball eggs (basketball, football, etc) and Alissa's were princess eggs. All were filled with candy eggs.
Now for the fun!! We have a tradition carried over from my family that to get your Easter baskets you have to work for it. There are a series of clues and riddles you have to solve on your journey to your basket.. each clue leads to an egg and each egg contains a clue, get the picture? :) Last year we did this for Alissa for the first time and she needed lots of coaching to figure things out -- this year she was a PRO!! She got through all the clues and found her basket pretty quick! That Easter bunny will have to make things more difficult next year.. but the way, in the pic one of the clues is missing.. in all the post-Easter chaos I couldn't find it :)
JACKPOT!! :) The baskets were hidden in the linen closet. Here they are checking out the goodies. Now.. the Easter bunny couldn't forget about Matt.. so he found a great big egg (painted like a police car) and surprise surprise there was a note for him..and a clue. Here is what he had to solve:
Poor guy wasn't awake yet so I had to give a few hints to him (the Easter bunny had given me a cheat sheet to help him out knowing he is getting old and all). He trudged his way through the clues and found his basket!! I didn't get a chance to take a picture of his basket before he tore into it.. but it had a couple movies, candy, and misc. goodies for him. I will have to have a talk with that old bunny and make sure he makes Matt's clues a bit easier next year.. that OA is a killer. (Old Age) :) After all the hunt fun Papa came over to take us to The Red Lion hotel for breakfast buffet.. we got there and were told that without reservations we would have to wait two hours for a table.. WHAT?! Umm.. no thanks. They were pretty rude about the whole thing to.. so if you are ever thinking of going there -- DON'T. It was very aggravating. (there is more to the story but it is long and I don't want to get into it.. just trust me when I say to stay away :)). So we went across the street to Almost Home and ate a yummy brunch there.
Now I am home, Alissa is playing with Papa and her new toys, Jonathan is sleeping.. and all is well on this Easter Sunday. :) Hope you had a great Easter!!!!!
1 comments:
You are so good about posting...and early too! You are 3 hrs behind us and already have your Easter stuff posted! Impressive! (I think you just like your new computer ;)
That is so cute wit hthe clues! I had picked this up somewhere and thought about doing it, but not while the kids were so little. But you certainly proved me wrong! It seemed to work out great for your kids! I will have to try this next year!
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