Egg Hunt: Naomi Meets Chocolate

We had a very, very busy Easter weekend. With two Easter parties and egg hunts, two birthday celebrations, a home visitation, a family dinner and church, it was hectic for us alright! Whew. The kids and I are staying in today just to catch our breath and recover.

We kicked off Friday with the annual Tan family Easter Egg Hunt on Good Friday. Yes, we skip ahead to celebrating the resurrection together with the crucifixion! This was Noey’s 4th Egg Hunt (I realise I didn’t post pictures last year) and we can see how the understanding and interest level increases with each year. I think being allowed to eat chocolate definitely increases the excitement. This was also Nomi’s 1st Egg Hunt because she really couldn’t participate as a month-old bub last year.

The kids being a little older this year, our hosts added egg dyeing and decorating to the programme. Nomi just ran off with her egg but Noey enjoyed it. Unfortunately, fragile eggs and pre-schoolers don’t really mix! Noey’s decorated egg lasted maybe 5 minutes before he dropped it and cracked a hole in it.

The hunt had to be held indoors this year because it poured earlier and the ground outdoors was too wet. Nomi might be new to the Easter egg hunting game, but she caught on really quickly. While the rest of the children were busy listening to the Easter story and being relayed instructions for the egg hunt, Nomi was getting started on her own unofficial egg hunt. I guess the slight of all those brightly coloured foil covered egg was just too much to ignore and impossible to resist!

She popped one in her mouth, bit through the foil and tasted CHOCOLATE. After that we just couldn’t keep her away from the eggs!

The bigger kids came around shortly after and it was a frenzied few moments before it was all over. Now no longer a newbie at this game, Noey knew how to quickly pick up the eggs he wanted and put them in his bag. He accumulated a sizable stash. And was very pleased to be able to eat one right away.

Naomi had a first official taste of chocolate, and kept hankering for more thereafter.

This girl seems to prefer savoury food to sweet, but chocolate appears to be an exception. Not that I blame her.

It was a good start to the long weekend.

And if you’re wondering why there are so many photos to this post, it is because my dear husband has bought himself a new camera! He’s as pleased as punch about it and back to his trigger-happy ways. You’ll hopefully be seeing more nice photos for a bit since I don’t have to only rely on my iPhone like I usually do!