Happy, screaming Easter

So Sweet, before the sweets.

Well it is Easter time and Heather was excited about the Easter bunny arriving and bringing her some treats. I don't think she realized just how much fun it was all going to be.
In Canada, Easter egg hunts are a bit of a tradition for kids to go and find plastic eggs filled with little goodies. A friend of ours has an Easter egg hunt every year in her garden and this year was the first time Heather really understood the idea and was getting right into it. There was egg decorating, followed by an egg hunt and then followed by cake!!!

All her eggs in the basket.

However, apparently my children do not do well on chocolate.

The following day the Easter bunny had delivered an assortment of mini eggs and chocolate bunnies. The kids were beside themselves with excitement and awe, so how could I deny them a treat before breakfast!!!

Ohhhh How could I ?

Well later in the morning the community have an early egg hunt, find your eggs and hand them in and trade for a few mini eggs. Heather and Finlay worked as a team and found a handful of eggs. They were happy to trade them in and we sat at the park and enjoyed a few more bites of chocolate. Well not long after, the tables turned for me......Before I knew it, I was the parent with the screaming kids, crying and shouting, demanding and over emotional. It was now my turn to be the focus of onlooking parents with my screaming and shouting children!!!! It very quickly became evident that it was time to vacate the scene and try to refocus my kids. So I picked Finlay up kicking and screaming, took Heather by the hand, crying and shouting and led them both to the sound proofing of the truck. As I walked I met the glance of another parent who just smiled. After loading the pair of them into the truck and closed the doors, I realized that the truck was not that sound proofed and I could still hear them from outside!!
Finlay fell asleep and Heather had a good run around in the park closer to home. Eventually they seemed to be appeased and life seemed much more manageable!!!