Egg Hunt- Remix

I have a friend whom I look up to for her hospitality and for the fun things she does for her kids. She's the only person I've ever met who has finished Christmas shopping before me and I'm just thankful to have a friend who "gets" that side of me :) Well, for the second year in a row, she pulled together an egg hunt for all of our kids at a local park... it was so fun! It was one of those perfect times when everyone is available, 95% of the kids are happy and the weather is perfect. Janie took off the second I put her down and started exploring the park...

Lizzie went straight for the slide and proceeded to go down it at least 6 times in a row...

Now, this was crazy. Cade brought his soccer ball and Janie was kicking it all around the playground! It was pretty impressive for such a young kid! She stayed on her feet the whole time and kicked it at least 25 feet total... It's too bad that the Y doesn't have soccer for toddlers... she might be ready for an 18 mo old team in the fall ;-)

Sweet girl was having a blast...

This trio was sticking together the whole time. They had a great time!

Janie couldn't wait for the hunt to start, so she began collecting mulch until we had the eggs ready to go.

Cade- "Micah, did you know that your mom is taking our picture??"

Cade found his solution for evading the Momerazzi...

Sweet little Knox will be old enough to hunt eggs next year, but this year he made an appearance in a strictly supervisory role...

We didn't think there was any way we would get all the kids to sit still for a picture... It  may not be perfect, but all the kids sat there, facing generally the correct direction, for maybe 5 minutes while we all snapped away.. it was a genuine miracle.

Just a little sister moment for y'all...

Janie was not the speediest egg hunter as she wanted to open and consume the contents of every egg she found before moving on the another :)

No pics of the older kiddos hunting because 1) They are FAST, and 2) Jane required a full time chaperon for this particular activity. But here are all three after the hunt was over.

Lizzie the boo...

Micah really loves hunting eggs!

Two of Micah's lifelong friends. Sean, Cade and Micah have been playing together since Micah was 2 months old. This is ridiculously cliche, but they do really grow up so fast.