Happy Easter

(aren’t these felt eggs gorgeous my sister made them last year, now I need to ask her to make one more!)

This is the first year we have had an egg hunt at home as usually Easter doesn’t get celebrated here being a Muslim family. However the kids are at an International school they tend to celebrate everything so the kids were keen to have an egg hunt and as my darling family had sent some chocolate eggs for the kids I thought “why not”.

I hid all the eggs in groups of three and asked them to work as a team.They started downstairs …

made their was upstairs …

and basically had lots of fun.

There was also some chicks and felt eggs to find as bonuses but they had to make sure everyone had one before they could claim their prize. It worked well and there was no competition or  “he got more than me” sagas etc.

After the hunt they all went to the kitchen to check out their stash and make sure everything was fair and even (their idea not mine – yay for small miracles).

Later in the afternoon we made some bunny candy necklaces my sister had sent over.

This is a nice activity to at any time as it involves counting, hand eye coordination, colour sorting and finally eating

I substituted the elastic in the kit for a larger kind and added some Froot Loops that I had purchased a week ago for this activity but had to hide from the kids, LOL.

Sami was not keen on the hard candy but he did like the Froot Loops. My poor deprived kids it was the first time they had them. Look at the concentration on his face!

Once the necklaces were made they enjoyed them as their afternoon treat while watching a DVD.

(Please excuse Lulu’s mid mouthful smile and Laith’s crazy hair which desperately needs a cut)

I hope for those of you celebrating Easter that you have had a lovely blessed day.

Oh and don’t think little Eyad missed out. He was in on the fun only he was on my hip most of the time except here, post nappy change, giving me his smiles as usual.

Thanks for stopping by …