During Maddux's morning nap, our oh-so crafty and organized neighbor hosted an Easter egg dyeing get-together. Eli sat for his egg to be dyed for approximately 2 minutes and 40 seconds before dumping yellow dye all over himself. (He wasn't the only child to do that, and the kids were all seated in the driveway, thank goodness.) The fun part for Eli came after the egg coloring, when a dozen or so kids, aged 1-5 years, played in the driveway and yard until lunch.
After lunch we had the kids on the back deck for a quick video thank you 'project'. Maddux sits up without issue now that she's crawling all the time, so we weren't too worried about a potential topple. Of course she had to prove us wrong by going head first over the side of a small step-up. Luckily she had a stuffed bunny prop to break her fall, but she still ended up with raspberry-ish road rash on her face.
As soon as the kids woke up from their naps, we headed outside again (thank God for the beautiful weather today!) for a neighborhood egg hunt and party. Eli's favorite aspect, the jump castle, was set up, but he only went in twice, totaling about five minutes. There were older, school-aged kids in there the whole time and it was apparently too rough for him. We've noticed that Eli tends to get a bit shy and reserved around large crowds of people. This was definitely one of those occasions!! Eli did enjoy decorating a cookie. Since we are the sugar police, Eli eats maybe two cookies a year (I'm not exaggerating).
Normally he doesn't even question this, but today he seemed very intrigued by the sugar. He spent careful minutes placing mini chocolate chips, mini butterscotch chips, and sprinkles all over the top of his cookie before biting into the sweet madness. Then he was ready to look for eggs. Unfortunately, he missed the 0-2 age group hunt due to his cookie-pursuit. The 3-4 hunt was in our yard, so we just meandered over to that one. Unfortunately, these kids had much more speed and 'enthusiasm' for the hunt. Eli would spot an egg and hurry over only to have one or two kids slide-tackle right in front of him as he was about to pick it up. I think he came away with three eggs, and that is only because Lehr helped him out.
Eli's main goal this afternoon seemed to be climbing the small tree in our cul-de-sac. He saw some of the older kids doing it and was very intrigued. Unfortunately, the tree was full (it is a SMALL tree), and Eli was just small enough to not be able to get onto the lowest branch by himself. He still held his 'spot' at the base of the tree for a big portion of the party. Maddux was a bit fussy, but she calmed down for a bit while Uncle Tom held her. She seemed to be somewhat entertained by all of the activity around her. All in all, still a great day.
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