Every morning since Annie dyed Easter eggs, she’s woken up asking if the Easter Bunny came to hide them. When she went to bed on Saturday night we knew she was going to be raring to go in the morning, so Mike set his alarm to hide the eggs before she woke up. After talking about it, we decided to hide the eggs in our front yard since we have grass and other plants out there. Mike crept outside at dawn to put the eggs on the grass, and it was a good thing, because Annabel woke up not long after the eggs had been placed.
She’s like, “Moooooom, there are eggs outside!”
We went outside and Annie is like, “Where are the eggs?” And then Mike said, “Um…There should be a few right here on the lawn…” And then I saw it.
Egg. Carnage.
We have no idea what came by and destroyed the majority of Annie’s eggs, but it was bold enough to do it in daylight. Some bets are on a raccoon, others are on an off-leash dog, and someone else (me) suggested vengeful Easter Bunny. Luckily, whatever it was left a few eggs for Annie. She ran around and grabbed the four eggs that were left.
But, because she misses nothing, she started asking questions. Like, “Mama, where is my pink egg with the soccer sticker?” “Mama, why are my eggs all ripped up?” and “Mama, why did the animals eat my eggs?” I don’t know, Annie. Because some animals are jerks?
Mike saved the day by suggesting we go back inside, and Annie then discovered that the Easter Bunny also left her a plastic bunny that pooped Jelly Beans. I was like, “…..seriously?” But Annie and Mike thought it was hilarious.
My family came over later in the morning for brunch, which was awesome and yummy. While everyone ate, I went around and “hid” a few plastic eggs in our living room for Annie to find. I felt bad about all her hard-boiled eggs being eaten. She was very excited about another round of egg hunting, and it seemed to take a bit of the sting off of six of her dyed eggs being jacked.
Egg-swiping animals aside, we had a lovely day with family, and despite Annabel’s intense sugar highs and lows, she was (mostly) awesome to be around. I will keep her.
But no more hard-boiled eggs outside. I was looking forward to egg salad.
defendUSA says:
Aw…well, the plastic eggs work great outside, too! We still hide them for all of our kids…21 down to 13. It’s just good fun…And on your TV, I saw it…Go Blue, beat Louisville!!
KHorn says:
We definitely put almost all plastic eggs outside. My mom used to make us “nests” where there would be a few hard boil eggs in it. Each kid had their own nests. I do this for my kids too, but the majority of the eggs are plastic.
kristen piccola says:
Love your matching purple dresses! We hid plastic eggs outside before our boys woke up. Squirrels ate through 2 of the eggs and ate nestle crunch eggs and left the wrapper behind. Luckily the boys thought it was funny. I was so glad my Mike said not to hide them the night before!
Happy spring to all of you!
Danielle says:
We hid plastic eggs filled with chocolate and a few were cracked open and empty! We later saw the culprits: squirrels! Strange!
Emye says:
Awwww….. So sorry for your eggs being destroyed! We still have tons of snow up here so we couldn’t do a egg hunt outside, but we did inside and it was still very fun!
I saw some type of baby chair on one of your pics (the one with the TV). Is this for babies? Where did you get it???
Mommy says:
Hope it’s ok that I answer for Heather- it’s a nap nanny. We had one and loved it! It’s a reclined sleeper, and really helps baby sleep, especially if they have acid reflux. They are hard to find now, but we got ours at the Pump Station.
Heather says:
Yep, a Nap Nanny. They don’t make them anymore, unfortunately, but Annabel still sits in hers like it’s the ultimate recliner. You might be able to find one on Craig’s List or ebay, though!
Annalisa says:
Yep, they were recalled last year. Something about parents leaving kids in there and them suffocating. You’re really supposed to put them away between the times when your kid first starts to roll and when they can sit up wholly unassisted, but apparently that message did not percolate to all consumers.
Jody says:
At first in the pre egg hunt picture I thought she had black bunny ears on ha ha
Jackie says:
Me too!
Mommy says:
Me three!!
Tracey says:
We still have waaaaaay too much snow up here in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada for us to have outside egg hunts. We do ours in the house and everything is up high so that our dogs don’t get into them.
I’m jealous of your summer clothes. I can only look at mine and think…soon but then again we are supposed to get more flurries this week! Why do I live here???
Chris says:
“They” must have been watching Mike and thinking, yum, breakfast soon. So sorry Annie didn’t get to find all her eggs. Maybe the backyard would be safer next year.
Jenn says:
So Happy you had a GREAT Easter (too bad about the whole egg thingy).I just L-O-V-E the picture of You and Annie!!!! Both of you are just so beautiful!!! I think you should frame it!
Kat says:
I would have been totally ticked at whoever at those eggs. In fact, I am ticked at them, from here.
Casabeca says:
We live in the desert, so we hide coins in plastic eggs the night before. If you have a group, each kid can find just one color, you can hide according to ability, and make sure the $ is equal, of course.
Annie looks so beautiful! I think it is difficult to make curly hair look so shiny and pretty.
Thinking of you and cheering for you and the Acrobat!
Mommy says:
Such a good idea about the colors!!
Brandy says:
Putting eggs outside unattended is a noob mistake. Glad there were a few left to find, though, and Easter was salvaged. And now you know for next year!
gorillabuns says:
Rich hid the eggs while I stood guard at 2 am. At 3am, we had a Thunderstorm. Our plastic eggs were scrambled all over our backyard. Thankfully, the ones filled with money remained intact. The others filled with candy, stayed on our porch because the ants thought their fillings were wicked awesome!
Mommy says:
So sorry about your eggies (as my boys call them!). We hide plastic ones, and we are still missing 6, including the “golden” egg. Now that I read this post and comments, I’m thinking maybe animals took them!! Little rascals!
Love the pictures! You girls are gorgeous!!!
Annalisa says:
This is why we did the egg hunt with painted eggs in broad daylight, in the afternoon.
We also did a plastic egg one at the museum, and not surprisingly, kiddo liked those eggs better. Ah, my kid the fan of shiny plastic!
Emily says:
omg Annie’s hair!!!!!! SO LUXURIOUS!! THOSE CURLS!!!
Erin D says:
WHERE IS DAT PURPLE DREAM DRESS FROM??
Heather says:
Both of our dresses are from Target!
Auntie_M says:
Egg thieves?!?! The horror!!! Next year I guess you’ll be hiding the real eggs inside! (Maybe they could lead from her room to the stash of goodies from the Easter Bunny?)
In our family, everyone knows the big cousins (meaning over the age of 15–there’s 3 of them living in this state) hide the plastic eggs for the little cousins (there are 10 of them from ages 2 years to 10 years old)…and eggs can hold anything from stickers, to candy, to plastic or rubber insects/reptiles/animals, to money (coins & paper). Rumor had it this year that instead of the ONE and ONLY Golden Egg holding a $5 bill, it was going to hold a $100 bill… Turned out that it was never hidden at all (nor was it going to hold $100!) so the joke was on all the parents who were out there coaching their kids to look for the Golden Egg! LOL (Seeing as at least 300 eggs get hidden, looking for one particular egg is harder than it sounds!)
Glad Annie had a good time despite the vicious egg stompers/stealers!!! Her enthusiasm is so contagious! Can’t wait to see her teaching her baby brother all these glorious rituals in the future!