Easter Full of Egg Hunts

Our Easter can be summed up with one word - chocolate.  Lots of it.  With three days in a row of egg hunts and visits from both the American and German Easter bunnies, the quantity of chocolate the kids received rivaled Halloween. I've got to find a non-candy tradition for next year.

Soren, Kiera and Matteo had their first egg hunt at preschool on Friday, where each child was designated a color and searched the classroom and hallways for four eggs of that color. I actually thought that was a nice variation on the usual free-for-all. Because that's what they got on Saturday. 

The Germanic-American Institute puts on an egg hunt to raise money for their preschool program.  They actually have two egg hunts, one for the little kids in the fenced-in playground and the other out on the main lawn of the property.  The kids waited semi-patiently on the walkways surrounding the lawn as volunteers like Celina and Alina kept a watchful eye. Then the organizer blew her whistle and kids went scrambling. Some eggs were filled with candy, others with tokens the kids could exchange for small toys and a few with "golden tickets" good for specialty chocolates or German baked goods.  We ended up with one golden ticket, lots of tokens the kids enjoyed exchanging and of course, loads of chocolate. 

We spent Easter at Chris' parent's house where the final egg hunt took place.  Those Easter bunnies made our kids work for those eggs they were hidden so well!

Matteo got so into this egg hunt and yelled with delight upon each egg he found.

The "German Easter Bunny" (aka, our au pair, Celina) even left Chris and me a surprise.

 

We also enjoyed a wonderful brunch at the grandparents' with pancakes, an egg bake and Celina's homemade Hefezopf, a bread baked at holidays. Between that and the chocolate, we were practically in a food coma by mid-afternoon.