Lincoln's First Easter Egg Hunt

I am part of a playgroup that meets on Tuesday mornings at 10. I just recently started going, and we have had a really fun time! It used to be so hard to get to playgroups because I had both little boys, and usually one of them would be napping around the time that the playgroup met. But, now that the boys are a little older it is a little bit easier to get out of the house with them, and they both really like interacting with the other kids. Now that the weather is nicer we meet at different parks each week and it is a lot of fun.

A few weeks ago the playgroup organized an Easter Egg Hunt! I was really excited because last year Lincoln was really too young to get the concept of hunting for eggs (he was only 7 months last year at this time). Unfortunately, we got to the park and it was raining! So, we decided to move everything to a church nearby.

Of course, Murphy's Law, as soon as we got to the church it stopped raining. So, one of the moms set up the Easter egg hunt outside the church. Lincoln had a lot of fun! It was so cute to watch him, because he really understood that he needed to "search" for the eggs.

Lincoln was so excited to find that there was candy inside the eggs!! I usually don't ever let him have candy (usually he only gets candy when I'm not looking and Dad sneaks it to him) :) so this was a very special treat for him!

It was Spring Break this week in Fairfax County so there were a lot more kids at playgroup than usual. After the egg hunt, all the moms/kids got in a circle and sang a few songs. The kids really liked it! Lincoln was a little young to really get what was going on, but he still had a good time.

I snapped this picture of me trying to help him sing, "The Wheels on the Bus"

Some of the kids from playgroup

Parker's mom (Megan) is a teacher and so she was on Spring Break this week too! I was off from watching Parker this week and so they both came and met up with us for playgroup! It was nice to get to spend some time with Megan outside of a quick drop off/pick up. Unfortunately, Lincoln was running all over the place (like usual) and trying to "escape" through the doors so I didn't get a chance to really visit much.

Here is a cute picture of Megan and Parker singing songs.

Afterwards, one of the moms organized this cute activity where the kids made Easter Bunnies out of candy treats (purple snowballs for the head, licorice for the whiskers, white cardboard paper cut out as ears, and jelly beans for the eyes). Lincoln isn't quite old enough to realize that it was a bunny, but he sure enjoyed eating the treats! :)
Helping Lincoln with the project...


Lincoln and Parker - best buddies!
Lincoln's finished project - what a cute idea! Thanks Sarah for organizing this!
All the cute kiddos at playgroup this week!