Easter 2011

Getting pysched for his first egg hunt of the weekend by wearing his basket on his head.
Hunting for eggs at Aunt Becky's church with her help.
Have to check everywhere.
Jake and cousin Clarke show off their loot after the egg hunt.
Hunting for eggs on Easter Sunday with help from Papa.
Trying to eat the candy with the wrapper still on. We encourage him to move on and get more eggs before trying the candy.
Sitting with his second-cousin Maya (while still trying to eat the candy through the wrapper).
Jake and a group of his second-cousins.


So, we went to Somerset last weekend for Easter and visited with Brian's family. Besides visiting with family, Jake went on 3 Easter egg hunts. Yeah, he got a TON of candy. The first one was the day before Easter at Aunt Becky and Uncle Dale's church. There weren't that many kids that came, so Jake really hauled it in at that one. He is so motivated by candy that he really worked to get the eggs and get to the "yummy treat" inside. The second egg hunt was later that night after dinner at Mama and Papa's house with cousin Clarke. We did it separately, so Jake could get some practice in before the big egg hunt tomorrow with all the second-cousins. Easter Sunday Jake woke up to get a basket of candy from the Easter bunny and some fun sand toys. We then all went to church, and then to Brian's Aunt Della's house for a huge family meal. There were a ton of people there-we counted 58. And we all pigged out on the massive amount of food that everyone brought. I ate so much food that I didn't even have to eat dinner that night. After lunch, there was the final big Easter egg hunt. Jake got to hunt in the little kid's area with his second-cousin Maya who is also 2. Papa helped him while the rest of us cheered him on. He stopped hunting after getting an egg to check what was inside and even tried to eat the candy through the wrappers. But it was a very successful hunt and he had a good time.