What is this obsession with eggs?

Last Saturday, we went out in the freezing rain so that each of our kids could collect four plastic eggs with treats and the chance to win other prizes, including a new bike. Are we crazy? Maybe, but apparently so our dozens of other parents, because the freezing drizzle didn't seem to lessen the crowds. Oh well, it was short and sweet and the boys had fun. Besides, after they had been talking about for three days, how can you tell them "we're not going, let's just sit at home and be warm."

Those little girls have GOT to be freezing!

It didn't take long for the kids to get to the eggs and get their alloted 4, yet they love it! (that is Corbin's school in the background - only 2 years old. Nice, eh?)

Cody was already munching on his treats by the time we found him over in the 3-4yr old section.

After the egg hunt, we had to come home and dye eggs for the Easter Bunny to hide. All I can say is good thing they are hard-boiled, whoever came up with that had to have been a mother. Cody finally figured it out after the first two had to be decoratively wrapped in foil if we wanted the Bunny to be able to hide them intact. And since I didn't think ahead and couldn't find any vinegar, I had to squeeze out every last drop of my lemon and lime juice to get the colors to dissolve. Oh well, once again, it was worth it, they loved it.

Easter morning was full of fun egg finding. It wasn't the mayhem and crazy running around I expected, although they did collect several eggs before they even remembered that the Bunny had brought them baskets of presents too. Mostly, it went like this - find an egg, check out its contents, eat it if mom is not looking. The boys also decided that they love to eat the hard-boiled eggs, somehow they are so much better when they came out of a colored shell.

In the afternoon was more egg mania. We had lunch at the park with some friends and of course, there had to be an egg hunt for the kiddies. Unlike the 4 egg quota from the previous day, they were seriously loaded after this one (and the candy was better too, I had to test it to make sure it was good). And thankfully, it was a much warmer day.

The kids and their loot.

We were supposed to go to another egg hunt on Saturday with our neighbors, but since it was rained out, we did it Monday evening. As if we needed more eggs, but again, its one of those things - when you have a five year old who knows whats going on when, you can't just skip it anymore.

Cody waiting for the egg rush to begin.

Next thing I know . . . Don't know how he's going to collect eggs like that.

Guess he figured it out

Corbin was happy with his findings! (Don't you just love those missing tooth smiles!)

So our weekend was all about eggs, eggs, eggs . . . I have no clue where or how this tradition came to be, but they love it, so we do it!