Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

So, this was the day that Ethan almost lost his life. We were getting ready to walk down to the park for the neighborhood egg hunt and Ben was finishing up something and I had run down to the basement to grab the boys' egg hunting Easter baskets. When we all met up at the door, Ethan was nowhere to be found. We called throughout the house, checked all of the rooms, looked in the backyard, the front yard, checked with the neighbors and still no one had seen him. While trying not to panic and think of the many possibilities of horrible things that could have happened, I told Ben to check the house and yard one more time and I took Caden down to the park to see if maybe Ethan had wondered down there by himself. Lo and behold, as we walked toward the entrance of the park, Ethan stood there waiting for us and called out, "Hurry, we're going to be late! What took you so long?" MY OH MY, the thoughts that went through my head!!!!! Some thankful that he was unharmed and others not so thankful that he was completely oblivious to what he had done! I called Ben to let him know we had found him and to meet us at the Egg Hunt. We had a short but very meaningful conversation about what he had done and told him we would address it when we returned home after the Egg Hunt. Then we put on our happy faces and had a good time :-)

The pre-hunt picture...it was a bright sunny day but it was sooooo cold! They took their coats off long enough to take the picture and then slid them back on.

 A jelly bean butterfly craft while the Easter Bunny hid the eggs

 Caden's final product

 Ethan's final product

 Caden's hunt was on the tennis courts. He racked up! It was so cold that there were only about 4 kiddos that showed up in his age group.

 

 Showing Daddy his loot. His allergies were out of control so as soon as his hunt was over, Ben took him back home and I stayed with Ethan for the older kids' egg hunt.

 Ethan's age group was on and around the playground and he had a few more kiddos participating but he still did really well!

 

 Ethan's loot

 And he ended the egg hunt decorating a sugar cookie. He called it a very successful day!

By the time we returned home, thankfully everyone's heart rate had returned to normal so we were able to have an important conversation about obedience and not EVER leaving the house without permission.