HAPPY EASTER

Last Thursday at Playgroup we decided to have an Easter Party on Tuesday... five days to plan a major toddler event - no problem!! What a fantastic team effort!!! Suzanne & Anna & Marta planned the snacks (delicious and nutritious... can you believe not a single chocolate egg arrived?), Cynthia planned the Easter Story, and I got a lot of help from Yin Leng and Jenny setting up the activity side of things. All up we had 14 kids between the ages of 15 months and 4 years old participate (so that doesn't count Helena at 8 months and baby Abram at 1 month) along with their moms... it was a full house and A LOT OF FUN!!! My camera was on the wrong ISO setting so the photos are pretty average, but you'll get the idea of what the kids got up to... what a memorable event! Thanks everyone for coming along and making it such a special day for the kids... and thanks for all the help putting the house back in order!!!

Despite my shocking 50% result for hard-boiling eggs (50% broke in process) we still managed to have enough eggs for the kids to color (thanks to those who brought their own and Rachel who brought some plastic ones!!).

Surprisingly, there were no major spills - pretty impressive considering the age and dexterity of the crowd!

Kristie brought Ellie and Abram out by taxi... she wasn't going to let the torrential rain spoil their big outing!!! What a trooper!!!

I'd asked Yin Leng and Ashley to decorate some small cups so each child could have a pedastal to display their 'favorite' egg... they came up with this design!! I obviously asked the right people... mine would've been marker on cup with maybe a spring color spiral!

Siena and Ashley were the 'big sisters' of the group... can you believe these healthy snacks!?! Wow!


Suzanne brought the materials for the kids to make these super cute little baskets!!!

Ashley proudly displaying her egg.

As if dying eggs, making baskets and coloring pictures wasn't enough... Jenny taught the kids how to make 'mosaic' eggs out of tissue paper and contact paper! These turned out really cool... thanks heaps for all the fun ideas!!!

Cynthia gathered the kids around to tell them the story of Jesus and the meaning behind Easter! They all sat and listened (for the most part) and hopefully seeds will be planted in their little hearts!

After the Easter Story, we crammed into the elevators...

waited patiently at the door...

then off we went on an egg hunt!!!

It ended up raining - pouring actually - so we did the egg hunt in our lobby. Thanks Yin Leng & Suriya for your eggsellent hiding!!!

This is about as close as we got to a group photo... maybe next time...