More fun Easter events! We attended the pancake breakfast and egg hunt at the Y where we had another chance to see the Easter Bunny. The egg hunt was held outdoors and it was a cold, rainy day but Laina still had a great time. The kids were told they could collect 8-10 eggs each. Laina only found 6 before they were all gone. She was slightly disappointed. Her friend from school had found a small amount of eggs as well and was upset because her older brother & sister had found more than her. I suggested to Laina that she share one of her eggs with her friend and she agreed to do just that - no questions asked - no hard time. I was so proud of her. For all the challenging days we have dealing with a 5 year old going on 15 year old, along comes a moment like this when I know we're raising a caring, compassionate, sharing, thoughtful little girl.
After that we came home and changed and headed over to a local photographers studio. He had real bunnies from the shelter there and was doing pictures with the bunnies. It was precious and Laina looked so grown up and sweet in her fancy dress & Easter hat. Pictures to follow soon when I get them from the photographer.
Then we came home and had fun dying Easter eggs. This year Laina needed little to no help from Momma. Bittersweet. So nice to sit back and enjoy her experiencing the whole thing without worrying that egg dye will get everywhere, but sad to realize that she's becoming more and more independent with each passing day.
Easter is tomorrow and Laina is very excited for everything. And frankly so am I!
