“I know that Santa is not real,” Mark said ponderously, “But what about the Easter Bunny?”
I considered for a moment before replying, “What do you think, honey? Do you think a bunny will hop into our house with a basket of treats?”
Mark thought for a moment. “No. That doesn’t really make sense. How would a bunny open the door?”
Is this where I’m supposed to answer “MAGIC”?
Anyway, we have been busy, people, with various egg-colouring projects and other spring-related crafts.
We’re a talented family, no?
I took a cue from a much more imaginative friend and filled little plastic eggs with written clues about where various Easter treats were hidden in the house. My husband was puzzled by this method – “can’t they just look for the treats?” – but I was adamant about it being FUN and not only that, Mark could practice his reading. He looked at me like I just taped a Kick Me sign on my own back. There’s nothing like incorporating educational value into an Easter egg hunt. Nonetheless, the boys really did enjoy the hunt because that crazy bunny hid treats everywhere from the dryer to Jake’s underwear drawer. Fun!
Little bunny footprints leading to the basket o’ clues.
We had Easter dinner at my parents’ yesterday, with my brothers and sisters-in-law and all my nieces and nephews. My mother made ham AND turkey, so Jake was happy, and we were combining this family gathering with Mark’s birthday so our contribution to the dinner was this:
Yes, the good people at Dairy Queen made us a giant Muk-Muk cake, which was a little too much for fifteen people and so I ate a very large leftover piece this morning, which left me feeling somewhat nauseous for the rest of the day, but oh so worth it. The remainder of the day has been spent in a rather leisurely fashion, with Mark and his dad raking the lawn and Jake surreptitiously playing with Mark’s new Star Wars action figures obtained only yesterday, and then later an outdoor hard-boiled egg hunt that fortunately did not conclude with the dog consuming said eggs.
I hope that, whether or not you celebrate Easter, you have had a beautiful weekend, this lovely first weekend of April.
So did you tell him it was magic or did you just not answer?
The Easter Bunny is alive and well in this house and the kids loved their egg hunt.
I think the treasure hunt idea is pretty cool. I will have to try to remember that for a few years from now.
I like the treasure idea. Because at this house a mommy may have forgotten all the places that she hid the eggs.
Bad mommy.