Easter Fun and Games

The Great EGG Hunt

The eggs were hidden and the stage was set. What was about to take place was a battle for the ages between a very handsome, smart, modest and witty man and his hungry children. As I was not going to have the children Easter Sunday (The traditional day the Easter bunny visits) the Easter bunny was kind enough to provide me with eggs to hide.

To make the the game more interesting and to better engage the children (To avoid ants as well) the eggs were hidden inside the house throughout 5 different rooms. Each child had six eggs to find and once they were done they would let the others find the rest of theirs (Or so I thought)

The great hunt began and thunderous footsteps could be heard from the moon as the children dashed off to be the first to find their extremely unhealthy breakfast.

*For the record the eggs were Cadbury as any other chocolate egg is usually an oval of sheer disappointment*

The first place to be "inspected" was the wash basin where I had cleverly but not completely hidden an egg on top of the toothbrush holder. My eldest daughter frantically opened every cupboard door before closing them, she then stared at the egg for 30 seconds before rushing off to see if she could find an egg. My youngest, her sister obviously not trusting her sisters eye sight then followed her exact footsteps before deciding that the egg in plain sight did not exist and running off.

At about the 2 minute mark when no eggs had been found I called my youngest over and told her it was time to brush her teeth. "I don't want to daddy, I want chocolate egg" was the reply I got and to be quite honest I can't blame her. After a bit of hesitation and some more encouragement she decided that she should do what daddy said and was rewarded by finding the egg.

After  that the eggs were found quite quickly although there were a fair few hints dropped especially when my son who's my middle child started to get moody (His sisters kept finding eggs he couldn't) Before long my eldest had found all hers, then my son and lastly my youngest, with the unwanted help of the other two.

All in all it was a very successful hunt. I've found that it's important to engage in these activities even if it's not on the usual day. It gives the children the same experiences with their mum and dad which I believe leads to a happier childhood.

Adam