Easter egg hunt

Yey, Easter weekend was here.  Mary loved Easter weekend, there was the Easter egg hunt and lots of games and then a really tasty dinner, then maybe, if she and Joe had been really good they got some Easter chocolate too.

Mum and dad took Mary and Joe to the park where the Easter egg hunt was taking place.

 Mary spotted the first clue in no time and dad spotted the second which was lucky because even once Mary had spotted it there was no way she could reach it up in the tree branches.

The third one was really well hidden but Joe spotted it from the buggy as it was nestled safely in a hole in the tree.

3 more clues to spot, they took no time in spotting them and rushed back to the finishing line, so the judges could note their time.

Mary sat down with mum and dad for a bit with some juice before having some fun on the bouncy castle. 

Mary loved the bouncy castle but didn’t like it when there was lots of others,  they were always really boisterous and knocked everyone over. 

Mary didn’t like that, one bit, but thankfully today they were all still trying to find the clues on the Easter egg hunt so Mary go to play with a few other girls chaos free until the boys returned.

Joe was getting restless and Mary was getting a bit tired maybe too much bouncing.  

They all sat down to enjoy some less active Easter fun.

There was a selection of beautiful Easter eggs on display for the winners of the Easter egg hunt later. 

They were all decorated differently, some with sparkles some with foil others had faces painted on them and some had fabric and beads wrapped round them.

Mary used her imagination to decorate her egg to help her spot it when  she rolled it down the hill.

 Joe tried but he was still quite young so his was loops of blue with some squiggles in orange.

Once all of the children had decorated their eggs everyone went out to the top of the hill to roll them.

It was a bit manic, some of the eggs rolled straight some were thrown and made a bit of a mess and others got stuck on stones or rolled all squint.

  

After all the activity and celebrations they went back to the hall to find out who had won the competitions. 

Mary tried to sit still, Joe was snoozing it had been a very long day.

“3^rd in the Easter egg challenge is Charlie Smith” announced the minister and the crowd cheered as Charlie went up to collect his prize.

“2^nd in the Easter egg challenge is, Ruth Davies” said the minister with a smile as Ruth was helped onto the stage with her mum to collect her prize.

“And finally 1^st in the Easter egg challenge is, Mary and Joe Noble!”

Mary didn’t know if she should run up on to the stage, or hide. 

But mum picked up Joe and took Mary’s hand.  They walked up onto the stage to collect their prizes.

“Joe has also won the best decorated rolling egg too” said the minister while Joe was trying to steal his thumb.

“Well done all the contestants, I hope you have all had a fantastic day.”

And with that everyone started to go home.

Mum carefully put a snoozing Joe into his car seat and Dad helped Mary with her seat belt.

What a great day, we’ll maybe save some of the chocolate for later said mum, but Mary and Joe were both sleeping dreaming of their excellent day and their wins.

©joannehepburn 28/03/16