Easter and the Egg Hunt

Okay so my visions of Phillip's first Easter egg hunting were ones of him toddling around his grandparents lawn and finding brightly colored eggs among the spring flowers and in the sand box. With Phillip coming up to us to show off his wonderful find, before he puts it into his mouth to examine it.

Instead we awoke to a all day down pour, making any sort of out door play virtually impossible. So the egg hunt was indoors. Phillip was asleep on his nap for most of the hunt. When he did wake up and we came downstairs, they were in the middle of the Big kids hunt.

Let me explain, the Perry's do a Easter egg hunt with real eggs all the kids have decorated, I believe they used 12 dozen eggs this year. We usually have about 2-3 egg hidings. At least one for little kids with eggs hidden in pretty much plain sight and another for the older children with them hidden as hard as possible. This hunt is almost a contact sport. As adults sit back and give "subtle" clues like, "has any one looked over in the...." 6 or so children ages 6 to 13 rush over to that spot, in their Easter Day finery, trampling over anything and anyone who might be between them and the egg. There usually are tears, but it is not from being trampled, but because "so and so has 8 eggs and I only have 7." Now I did mention that these are real hard boiled eggs, not candy, chocolate or chinsy plastic toy.

So back to Phillip, as we walked down the stairs, I spotted a egg hidden behind the clock, so I stop to get Phillip to grab it. He did and held on, and was proud to show it off in his post nap bad attitude. Although he didn't bite into it. He did throw it several times as we tried to take his picture with his first Easter egg. luckily it didn't break.

Phil and his egg

Well I know that Easter is not about eggs hunts and bunnies, but it is about the resurrection of our savior Jesus Christ. coming Back to that thought made me think about what is really important on Easter, Jesus and spending time with Family. I also know that Phillip will have many more Easter egg hunts and one is bound to be on a Sunny Northwest Spring day.

Throwing around his Easter basket and grass