Egg Hunt

Today was the big Easter egg hunt.  After raining fairly consistently for the last about two weeks, it really was touch and go until the last minute.  The day didn't disappoint though.  It was beautiful and sunny all day; not long enough to dry the ground completely but enough to make the day lovely.  It was a fantastic day.  The kids all had a blast.  The parents are all very relaxed together and it is a pleasure to have them here.  It is great when you are relaxed that all the parents there are as happy to pick up a random kid and kiss them and dust them off after a fall, as discipline them.  You never have to keep a close eye on your child, because really, everyone there has their eye on him.  Naturally with that many kids of different ages, real falls are common and then you just pick up said child and find one of their real parental units! 

I love watching the kids all having fun and playing together.  The big kids all really got the rules about leaving the blue eggs for the little kids to find.  In fact, one family got there late and after the hunt; and the kids instead of hoarding the eggs, all gave up some of their eggs, re hid them and enjoyed watching the hunt with the rest of us.  I love that they are turning into empathetic little people.

Overall we had fun and all agreed that the best part of an 'Annual' event is that at the end, you can always look forward to the next year.  Levi is still a bit sick, mostly from asthma coughing at night now rather than an infective type process.  I would like to see him grow out of that little nasty.  Even though it isn't too bad for him and he doesn't often need medication and never needs hospitalization, I would love to see him be able to sleep the night through without wheezing quietly in the background or coughing himself awake.  You can see he faded a bit at the end of the party and got really fragile by the photo but he still loved every minute.  The other upshot of a relaxed party like that too is that jobs get done without ever asking anyone.  After the party was winding down, I went inside and the dishes were all but done and there were two friends, elbow deep in hot water!  Oh that is a true friend!