Egg hunting season

This past weekend (March 24th) we took the boys to the annual McCain Foods easter egg hunt for employees' children.  We had at least one kid in each of the four age groups, and unfortunately Chase was too old to participate this year so he chose to stay home.  At first McKay wasn't wanting to pick up the eggs until I told him there were treats in them . . . then he finally got into it.  Declan would have been happy with just one egg . . . he didn't care what was inside of them.

 

In each of the age group areas there is a golden egg hidden.  The person that finds the golden egg in each group wins a prize--a big easter basket with goodies.  Zander found the golden egg in his group and Layton found the egg in his group so they both got a big basket with goodies.  The rest of the afternoon and into Sunday, Zander and McKay played 'easter egg hunt'.  They would take turns hiding the eggs around the yard and then find them.  They did this countless time . . . it never got old.  They had a lot of fun!

  Right before the hunt began the Easter Bunny came out to talk to the kids and get pictures taken.  McKay was clinging to my leg until he saw that the Easter Bunny was handing out candy.  He finally ventured over to get a candy, but only after Zander started to head that way. 

Not enough time...

It always seems that there is more things to do than there is time. There were a few things last month that I had wanted to blog about, but they just got lost in everything else. This morning as I was uploading pics from the camera I saw some pictures that I wanted to post. So here goes....

Matt's company does a Christmas party for the employees and their families every year. They rent out the movie theater and show a fun movie. This year it was The Christmas Carol in 3D. When we got there they handed us our glasses and then we got in line for our snack. We all got our own box that had popcorn, a soda, fruit snacks, and Sixlets candy. The show was pretty good. It was fun to see it in 3D (although it made Matt and I's eyes tired). It looked like it was snowing right in the theater and there was one part in particular that made everyone jump. Thanks to McCain Foods for such a fun family event!

And the other thing....my sweet, monkey of a boy McKay. He is growing up so quickly and is becoming more like a little boy....And more like his brothers. We had a ladder out so we could work on something and I turned around to find McKay at the top. I guess we have yet another climber! Not so sure I like the thought of that.
I don't know if other moms are able to enjoy a child free bathroom when they take their shower, but I for one usually do NOT! I am too afraid to lock Zander and McKay out of the bathroom while I shower for fear of what might happen (McKay dump the plant over, Zander push McKay down the stairs, etc). So they usually play in the bathroom while I shower. One day McKay was pretty upset and decided to crawl into the shower with me, fully clothed I might add. So much for mommy's privacy. He looked to cute for me not to take a picture. NOTE TO SELF: NO step-in shower in our next home!

Company Picnic

McCain Foods (Matt's employer) has an annual family picnic that the boys look forward to going to all year. The company pays for EVERYTHING making it all FREE to employees and their families. We had a lot of fun this year (although last year was much better). We played bingo; Chase won a soccer ball, Layton won a gumball machine, and I won a fun little sprinkler for the boys to play in.
There was a little train that was taking people for rides around the park. Layton especially liked going on that. I had to take pics of them in the animal cage....it is very fitting! :)

There was also a petting zoo for the kids. Zander thought the animals were pretty neat, although he was a little freaked out when the llama stood up as he was petting it.

And pony rides for the boys as well!

They also had lunch catered, all you can eat banana splits, and root beer floats. The kids got to make sand art neclaces, make a cool spun paint design on frisbees, face painting, etc. They also had blow up slides, etc for the kids to play on. One was a giant slip and slide. It was a great time! The company sure knows how to show the employees that they are appreciated!