We went to our favorite egg hunting spot for Easter eggs again this year at Dove Mountain Park. It's a beautiful park with lush green grass and the hunt is organized by one of our friends churches.
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The hardest thing about Easter Egg hunts with a 3 year old is trying to stop them from pilfering all the eggs before its time! Peter had such a HARD time. He wanted to just go get all the eggs and didn't understand that you have to WAIT.
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Wyatt didn't seem to have it so hard. He just stayed in the stroller and happily chewed away on his blanket.
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Finally they let the kids go and Peter ran out into the eggs.
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He found a big pile of eggs and plopped himself right down and started shoving them into his bucket.
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As the crowd milled around him he carefully went through his eggs picking and choosing which ones he wanted.
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When he was satisfied with his selection he headed back to our shady spot under a tree. I was amazed, there were still eggs on the ground but he had no interest. He had picked the exact eggs he wanted.
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We made our OWN Easter basket this year. I took Peter down to Michael's and they had sand buckets on sale for $1 so I let Peter pick which color he wanted then we found some felt wavy lines to glue to it and got a bunch of stickers for Peter to stick to it. It was a fun project for us and we were sure not to get our basket confused with others.
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I LOVE that this year they took some of my advice from last year. There was less sugar and allergy ridden treats and more little knick-knacks in the eggs. There were little rings, puzzles, stickers, mini-bubbles, all kinds of fun stuff. Of course there was some candy for Peter, too!
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It was such a beautiful day laying on the grass with my boys as Peter went through his Easter eggs. You couldn't have asked for any better!