After the Savior of the World performance, we had the pleasure of having Nana and Grandpa Kingsley stay for another day during Easter weekend. What a delightful treat!
Here are some glimpses of our Spring Egg hunt on our property, and the Spring Baskets the kids discovered.
I like to fill the 'baskets' (I say that in quotes since we had downsized aggressively for our upcoming move, and the Easter baskets had been given away) with lots of cascarone eggs instead of all candy-filled eggs. We learned about cascarone eggs after moving to Texas- I wonder if it's only a Southern thing (or only a Mexican-border-state thing). Cascarone eggs are hollow, dyed eggs filled with colorful confetti. The tradition is to smash them over someone's head. It is such fun.
Armed with nearly a dozen cascarone eggs each, we had a colorful egg fight outside amidst giggles, people were laughing and running all over ambushing each other.
Joseph was so short he couldn't get his eggs onto anyone's head, so Nathan happily obliged Joseph's request to 'bring his head over here'.
(Nathan was still sporting his biblical beard from the performance the night before....)
We let our goats out of the pasture to join the fun, and Dad seemed to really enjoy hand-feeding them. I loved this- watching one of the top Air Force officials in the nation playing with goats.
It was fun to connect with nature and animals and enjoy the beautiful weather. It was so bittersweet since we knew we'd be moving in a few months, and we knew the goats couldn't come with us.
No visit from Nana is complete without her reading some of her special books- she always brings her collection of pop-up books. This tradition is so memorable to the children, and they always look forward to it. It's been a tradition for so many years, now we think of Nana when we see or read pop-up books in the bookstore. What a neat memory to have together!
(Note- see Dad in the background carrying out suitcases? They were about to hit the road to head home, and Nana realized they hadn't read together yet. She said they just couldn't leave until she shared her books with the kids. So Dad packed the car while the kids cuddled up with Nana. I love it!)
After grandparents left, we spent the afternoon at our neighborhood Easter Egg hunt.
Joseph was positive this was the real Easter Bunny, and he was pleased as punch to walk all over the park holding hands and chatting.
Our neighborhood is home to a petting zoo business, so the kids were delighted to play with a variety of animals. This was definitely the highlight of the event.
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