Last night was a blast! About 30 Easter eggs had glow sticks in them. The other eggs they had to hunt by flashlight. It was so much fun watching them! I took pictures while the big kids (Momma Mary and Bugz included) hunted the eggs. Bugz found the most (55 out of 170) and got the prize egg.
This morning was a beautiful 7:30am sunrise service in the cemetery, followed by breakfast of cinnamon rolls, donuts, oj, and coffee at the church. Then the kids hid their eggs. We had such a great turnout, and the kids had a blast! I am so glad that we have such a huge group of young kids in the church now. They are the future of Blanton's Chapel, and I'm proud to say that Layna is one of them. She is the 6th generation England to attend there!
(pictures are unedited, haven't had time to play with them today - the date is also wrong on some of the pictures)
After the hunt at church, we headed to the Majors for the kids hunt and lunch. Insert drama. Now, I don't want to go into great detail about it all, but it was a huge mess. To sum it up, it was mostly petty childishness. To get mad because a 3 month old is getting help hunting eggs (like she could do it on her own!) even though the 3 and 5 year olds had help too, and then because she won the prize egg. Yes, lets get mad about a 3 MONTH OLD winning something. Fight ensued, cuss words flew, and threats to call the cops were thrown. And they left mad. Childishness. When your kids have everything they could ever want (a $750 pig, fancy clothes, blah blah blah) and you are going to throw a fit because a 3 MONTH OLD won the prize egg....please. Oh, and isn't it also illegal to have a three year old in the front seat of a vehicle NOT in a carseat? Not to mention the five year old not in one either, in the back seat.
I do have one thing to say, though. Bugz loves Layna with all his heart and treats her just like she was his own. Most step parents that have their own kids treat their flesh and blood better than their step kids, and that is sad. Especially when you know what kind of home they come from and that they deserve a better life than they had where they were.
ANYWAY....after all the drama and they left, we opened Layna's eggs and then went in and enjoyed a yummy Easter lunch, complete with a basket cake! We visited and had a good time. We missed the ones that couldn't be there (not that chose not to).
All in all, it was a great Easter, despite the drama. Next event will be her christening. Gotta work on invitations. But for now, this working momma needs to get to bed so she can get up early in the morning. Last night's three hours of sleep wore me out today!
Happy Easter everyone!
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