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Monday, April 18, 2011

Easter Egg Hunt

My mom's church had their annual Easter egg hunt this past Saturday out at a farm south of Tupelo. Mom invited my sister-in-law, Leigh, and her three girls (Lilly, Emily, and Annie), Josephine, and myself to go with her out to the farm. They had games for kids, horse rides, cake, etc. It was a real blow out!

The kids were split into different age groups - the youngest group was 2-3 yrs so Jo got to go with her twin cousins, Emily and Annie. She was very interested in picking up eggs - not so much because she knew what was going on, but because the eggs did NOT belong on the ground, so she thought it was a game of "clean up" and put eggs in the basket so they're not all over the yard. Haha.
The girls with all their LOOT. They were allowed to each get 12 eggs. (Parents were supposed to be keeping count.) I think the only one of the three who actually got 12 was Emily. Jo and Annie realized before they got to 12 that there was something IN the eggs...
Jo figuring out the eggs... she was so excited to see that there was candy - but even MORE excited to see the chocolate! Here she is eating her FIRST candy from the eggs she "hunted" (or "cleaned up").
You could probably tell that Jo was wearing an adult sized jacket. It was SO cold outside that day. The temp was about 60, but the wind was blowing SO much - it was pretty chilly. Below is what Jo looked like all afternoon - she kind of looks like a monk. Too cute!