Justin had a soccer trip up north on Easter weekend and I decided that since I was going to be home alone for 2 days with 2 kids for the first time, I would get some help. Unfortunately help was at Coral Pink Sand dunes. So Friday I packed the kids up and headed out. It wasn't that bad actually and when the wind wasn't blowing it was semi warm:) Hadley slept in the trailor the whole day and Brit loved playing in the dirt and hanging out with Uncle Mev and JD. He rode the 4 wheelers and the rino, But HATED the helmet. It didn't stay on for long. He found a flag and walked around with it for quite a while. I was really cute! He also tried to join the big boys in a Bocce game, but he mostly just liked chasing the balls and picking them up when he shouldn't. I thought it was funny, the the boys playing the game, not so much:) He attempted to color eggs with the other little boy there, but mostly just watched. Then we went and rolled easter eggs which is of course a tradition for my family, like most families in Sevier County. Brit loved it and would have stayed there throwing egss all day if we would have let him. We could only find sand hills so the eggs wouldn't brake. We eventually threw them at each other till they broke. It ended up being a pretty fun day!
Saturday night I decided to dye Easter eggs with Brit. I took his clothes off, put paper towels everywhere and let him go to town! It was so fun and he loved putting the eggs in the cups. He would just pile them on top of each other and get mad when they wouldn't go all the way down. It was pretty funny. I think his favorite part though was taking them out with the dipper and putting them in the egg carton. Thats when things got really messy. I thought he was going to be blue for weeks, but it came right off in the tub. His socks will never be the same though. I'm so glad we did it and he had a blast.
Easter Sunday was just very relaxing. We went to church, had a yummy dinner, and played in the yard. We did a little easter egg hunt for him and he loved picking the eggs up and chucking them into the basket. He got lots of fun stuff from the easter bunny and grandmas and grandpas. I think his favorite was the $5 golf clubs from walmart that were a last minute purchase for our Phillips family tradition.
Our Phillips family tradition is golfing easter eggs. A little history on this event... Justin thought rolling eggs was lame, and we both love golfing, so our first Easter married we froze some easter eggs and went out to smash some eggs. We've learned over the years to not let them get too thawed or they are a mess. This year Brit was able to participate instead of just watching like last year. He loved watching daddy hit the eggs and would point at them and try to chase them. He also liked just throwing the eggs and once again they wouldn't brake cause they were frozen! It was a great family home evening!
It is so fun seeing him grow up and this little event is just more proof that he's not a baby anymore:(
