Eggs, Eggs, Eggs

Eddie has a newfound love for eggs. Ever since baking something a couple of weeks ago, he is always talking about "eggs" and "bowls" (thinking about cracking the eggs in the bowls). He surprised me when he ran and got a bowl and some of his plastic Easter egg toys (that, yes, he has access to year-round!), and started cracking the eggs on the side of the bowl. He selects an egg that isn't already opened, taps it on the side of the bowl while saying "cack cack" (crack, crack), and then helps it to open, and drops it in the bowl. So smart and cute!

In related news, we had an Easter egg hunt at church yesterday. Eddie helped me fill the Easter eggs with the candy for the hunt. I was surprised that he was actually very helpful with this task. I thought I would have to do it when he was in bed. We gave it a shot, though, and except for a few random licks of some of the candy (which did not get put in the eggs to give away!), all went smoothly.

Here are some pictures of the egg hunt. At first Eddie was very nervous and didn't even want to go in the room with the eggs (I think it was because a lot of other kids were going in the door at the same time, and he was overwhelmed). Then he didn't want to look for and pick up eggs. Eventually, though, he got into it and enjoyed filling his bucket. He also liked picking up random candy that fell from other kids' eggs!





Maybe more pictures of eggs are still to come. There is a big Easter egg hunt at a church near our house tomorrow that I want to take him to. Luckily, my church meeting just got canceled, so it is actually a possibility.