Egg Hunt and Birthday Party

This morning, we met Saige, Linden and Ethan for an egg hunt at their church.  After hearing about the story of Easter, the kids were lead out to where the eggs where hidden.  The toddlers were to pick out the yellow eggs and the older kids were to pick the green eggs.  I thought for sure Collin would pick up whatever egg color he could find......but he did not.  He only searched and picked up the hidden yellow eggs which where everywhere. 

He was finished looking in about 15 minutes which was fine because he basket was really full.  Instead of the eggs having candy in them, Collin turned them in the receive a bag full of goodies.  Here are the kids checking out what was in the bag:

They got candy (of course), gum, stamps, stickers, a small stuffed bunny rabbit, and silly putty.  Collin enjoyed the stamp the most and put one on his arm....then the other arm....then his leg.  Daddy and I ended up with stamps on our thighs (where he could reach).  Here he is showing off the stamps on his arms:

After the egg hunt, we went to get Mommy some new running shoes.  Mine wore out about three months ago with all of the running and training I have been doing but I had not gotten new ones because of the tax busy season.  What a difference new running shoes make!  Collin saw me getting my foot measured and wanted his measured too.  He feet are now a 9 1/2.  We ended up getting him some new "fast" shoes too.  He calls his Toy Story shoes that light up his fast shoes.  He really loves these shoes but they were falling apart.  We did find acceptable new fast shoes....Spiderman shoes that light up. 

We were supposed to attend the neighborhood egg hunt but were so tired from the morning's activities that Collin and I took a much needed nap instead.  After the nap, we went to Charlie's birthday party who turned two.  Charlie is the son of a friend of Daddy's.  When we arrived, Collin played outside a little and then wanted a drink.  We came in for a drink and a snack.  He was delighted to see the cheese and crackers which are one of his favorite things to eat right now.  I added watermelon and strawberries to his plate.  He enjoyed eating these with a toothpick that was meant to be used to pick out the fruit.  He ended up eating three helpings worth of fruit and several cheese and cracker "sandwiches" (cheese between two crackers).  He was then ready to go back outside and try out the "roller coaster".  I would describe it but the pictures are much better.  He did this several times before we had to go.

Check out that smile! 

We came back home and hung out at the house playing with toys, coloring in coloring books and watching TV.  What a great day with the family and our friends.