Continuing in the theme of "oh, yeah, that
happened a bit ago," here's what our Easter egg hunt looked like this year.
The kids are now 13.5 and 11.75 years old.
Roughly. Nea asked whether we were having an egg hunt this year, which was a
reasonable question, as we have been out of town for at least the last 3 Easters. It’s been awhile. I wanted to mix it up a little, since they aren’t
quite as excited about candy as they were a few years ago. Boo has braces, so
that also complicates sugar consumption.
So I cut out 11 pink paper squares and 11 yellow. Put those in 22 of the eggs. Filled the rest of the eggs with some
candy. It was pretty wet out, so we hid the eggs in the house. Oma and Opa
helped. Boy, Opa wanted to make finding the eggs super difficult!
Once they found the important clue eggs, they
had to unscramble the letters to find their Easter baskets.
If you want a little brain teaser, these were
the two sets of clues. (answers at bottom of post)
A B E I I L M N N U V
A D L M N O O R R U Y
Oddly, Boo had a bit of trouble finding hers
(pink clues). I didn’t think that part would be particularly challenging. It
was under a reusable grocery bag in the back.
This is Nea’s basket. A wrapped present from a
local boutique (beaded bracelet, seen in second photo), a giant jar of capers, a book,
self-sealing water balloons (sort of a gift for me, frankly, knowwhatImean,
fellow parents?!), and gum. She’s been eating the capers as a snack, in a bowl
with a spoon. As one does.
Boo’s basket had seaweed snacks, a trashy
magazine, facial wipes, running shorts (wrapped, shown separately), and gum.
[answers to the word scramble]
