Pre-Easter Festivities

We had so much fun with Ethan this year getting ready and enjoying the Easter holiday. Below are some pictures from various activities we did with him before Easter.
Ethan coloring Easter eggs. He had one egg in the red dye and every time we asked him if he was ready to take it out he'd reply, "nope, just a little bit longer." By the time we finally convinced him to take the egg out, it was practically blood red!!

Our "oh so fancy" decorated eggs!

We went with some friends to do an egg hunt in our town only to find out that they canceled it. But, by then, Ethan was so worked up about looking for eggs, we had to come up with a quick plan B. Luckily my friend, Melanie, knew about another egg hunt nearby that cost $6. So, we grabbed a quick lunch and went over to a golf course to do the egg hunt. Even though they tried to divide the children up by age, it was still madness. Unfortunately Ethan was just too little to be able to keep up with the bigger kids. At the end of the egg hunt (which lasted about 45 seconds), he had two eggs in his basket. I have to admit, I was a little annoyed...$6 for two peanut butter cups! The women running the egg hunts had extra eggs prepared so they gave us a few more. The funny thing was that Ethan really didn't care. He just enjoyed running around looking for eggs!

This is a picture of Blake and Ethan after the egg hunt. Cute boys!

Jen and Ethan after the egg hunt. I was having a hard time getting Ethan to cooperate enough for a picture. They had a guy there dressed up as the Easter Bunny who was freaking out all the kids. The problem was that he had the bunny costume on but there was a hole cut out for his face to poke through so all the kids knew that it was just some random weird guy in a bunny costume. Ethan was't interested in getting anywhere near the guy!

This experience with the Easter Bunny at the mall went a little better. Ethan was still a little unsure about the whole thing, as you can see. But, when he saw his friend Dallin do it, he got brave and sat on his lap. They gave the kids bunny ears which you can see below.

Dallin Teeples and Ethan as little bunnies!