Easter Egg Hunt Adventure

Yesterday, we took Ethan to the Keystone United Methodist Church, which was having an Easter egg hunt at 11am. We got there about 10:45am expecting to hunt eggs shortly thereafter. Unbeknownst to us, they had planned to play games first (i.e. egg toss, sack race, water balloon toss, etc.). That normally isn't a problem, but when Ethan saw the eggs laying on the ground, he decided he wanted to go over there. So therefore, we had to get his mind off the eggs, which at times was a struggle. He got upset several times. Then it was finally time to hunt the eggs. The kids were let loose and poor Ethan grabbed two eggs, one in each hand, and just stood there. I guess he figured that's all he was entitled to. I tried to get him to drop them in his Easter basket (that he didn't want to carry) and gather some more, but he just wasn't interested. The other children were filling up their baskets fast and Ethan didn't have a one in his. I guess I was wanting Ethan to do everything himself in order to get "the photos", but it wasn't happening. So Richard decided to take over and moved the process along smoothly. When all the eggs were gathered up, we could trade in the eggs for a goodie bag. After we got the goodie bag, Ethan started helping them sort the eggs, by putting eggs from one container into the other. He did this for a few minutes and actually didn't want to leave when I pulled him away.

After he hunted eggs, they were offering lunch inside the church hall, but instead we decided to get Ethan's face painted. He was so cooperative when the girl started painting. We left after that.

Overall, he seemed to have enjoyed himself.