Hunting for Eggs (again!)

We had planned to attend the Easter Egg hunt that my employer puts on; however, swimming lessons conflicted, so we decided to try out the Easter Egg hunt that the rec center was running.

We had a few minutes to spare before the festivities started and the boys were mesmerized by the men playing basketball.  I LOVE this picture - isn't it sweet!


We arrived before most of the other people, so the boys got to check out the inflatables and all the fun activities.  Liam made a beeline for this inflatable and we thought he wanted to get inside, but instead he liked walking on and off the mat.  Ha - wouldn't have predicted that.


Karsten was far more interested in the balloon lady - I was so glad we found her before there was a long line!  Karsten requested a yellow dinosaur and she delivered - the dinosaur even had teeth!  Liam got a blue bunny holding an orange carrot.


We decided to try the requisite Easter bunny picture again.  Karsten was telling Liam that it was okay, the Easter bunny was not a stranger.  Liam was staring at the Easter bunny trying to decide what he thought of him.


Then he decided...


They even had a fire truck on hand that the kids could 'drive'.  The dinosaur was a big help - this was Karsten showing the firefighter how the dinosaur could ROAR!




Then it was time for the Easter egg hunt.  Since it was so wet outside, they held it in the gym.  Liam was in the first age group which was really tough for Karsten to understand.  He wanted to go hunt eggs at the same time as Liam.


Checking everywhere for eggs!


When he was done hunting for eggs, we opened them all to see if he had found the 'golden ticket' for a prize.  No such luck, but he did share some of his candy with Karsten.


Liam was getting tired and didn't want to do anything.


After much waiting, it was finally Karsten's turn to hunt for eggs.  He went in the side that was reserved for 3 year olds without parents.  He went into this rock climbing 'thing' and all of a sudden I couldn't find him anymore.  There were so many kiddos running around and I was frantically looking for his little blonde head and white t-shirt.  I moved over close to the door to make sure he didn't leave the gym and just when I was starting to panic, Scott spotted him.  He had climbed inside the rock thing and couldn't get down.  Another parent lifted him down from the top.  WHEW!


This tall guy fascinated Karsten - he really liked his yellow pants and was super impressed by his juggling!


It was lunchtime when we finished up, so we decided to check out a German sausage place that we'd heard good things about. It was good - not sure we'd make it a regular stop after swimming lessons, but good on occasion.