Tuesday, April 6, 2010

Egg-n 'Em On

I've always celebrated Easter at my cousin's house. (And when I say "always" I'm talking the last 20+ years, so yeah, always.) We made the trek down to Texas last Easter and learned that a weekend trip full of airplanes and rent cars with this pack of kids is not exactly easy or relaxing. We made the decision to stay here, but realized we have no Easter traditions of our own, and had no idea how we should spend the day.
Jason wanted to have an Easter brunch after church so we headed out to the Sky Ute Casino. Yes, I'm painfully aware of the irony of going to a casino for Easter Brunch, but they have a nice buffet, and it's not like we spent the afternoon at the slot machines.

We knew just an Easter brunch wasn't enough for this family, so a few days before Easter I emailed some of our neighbors to come over for an egg hunt. It was a beautiful day and with 11 kids coming over, the bouncy house, and all our riding toys, it turned into a little party. (And you know how we love a party!)
We started off with two dozen cascarones (confetti eggs). None of the kids or parents had seen them before, so JR was excited to show everybody how they worked. And of course, the kids loved them.





Kyle loved them so much that when all the cascarones were gone, he went and found the plastic hiding eggs and started smashing them on his own head. Of course he was showered in candy instead of confetti, but he liked that just as much.


After the celebratory cascarones, it was time for the egg hunt. Here's the egg hunt starting line.
And now for the absolute best part. I have no pictures of the egg hunt or the rest of the party. I was actually enjoying talking and visiting so much that I forgot all about taking pictures. Now that's a sign of a fun day!

5 comments:

Shelly said...

So when are you going to get your Martha on and tell us non-Texans how to make cascarones? It's an oppotunity for a crafty post Jan! Carpe Confetti!!

Jan said...

Martha bought the cascarones at WalMart. Remember my rule of life...make it easy on yourself!

Friedt Family said...

You Ingy's sure know how to throw a party!! Wish we lived closer, I'm uber curious about the cascarones and want to see one in person now:-)

GS said...

Looks like festivities were enjoyed by all - big and small.

Anonymous said...

I think Kyle is breaking the line early. Dad