Easter Egg Hunt at the Park

A few months ago I discovered a Yahoo Group called Space Coast Kids. They help provide for each other's needs and do misc. other things throughout the year. The weekend before Easter they had an Easter banquet at the park. We went and had a lot of fun!
After everyone had pretty much finished eating, the Easter Bunny came and took pictures with the kids. Layla was super excited and it was all I could do to get her to wait her turn! Kyler, however was not a fan of the Easter Bunny and wouldn't get close, even with Layla sitting between him and the bunny. 

 The Easter Bunny still gave him a sucker, which he took and promptly ran back to the table to eat. (Maybe it's time to teach him about taking candy from strangers?) He sat on the bench and focused on sucking on that sucker for at least 15 minutes!

After all the kids had a chance to get their pictures, the Easter Bunny gave out Easter Baskets that had been put together for all the kids (that RSVP'd) according to age and gender. Layla got a basket with a super cute stuffed rabbit that she absolutely loves along with a few other goodies and Kyler got a sand bucket and shovel filled with little goodies. They even had some baskets put together for any kids that didn't RSVP.
After all the kids had their baskets, they had an Easter Egg Hunt. They instructed the kids to only gather up to 10 eggs each so there would be enough for everyone. They also let the kids go in age groups, starting with the youngest. Kyler got out there and started picking up eggs and checking what was in each one.

If he didn't like what he found, he would put it back and move on to the next egg. When he found one he thought was a keeper, well, he kept it....

Actually, he tried to eat it, but Kyle was there to make him put it in his bucket and move on.
Layla loved the Easter Egg Hunt and had her eggs gathered in no time!

After the Easter Egg Hunt they even had a pinata for the kids to break. Kyler wasn't really interested in it, by that time he was getting tired and ready for a nap, but Layla was very excited. There were a lot of kids, so they lined them up by age so the younger ones could go first and were instructed to only hit it once so everyone would get at least one turn. When it came Layla's turn, I couldn't get the camera up fast enough, she ran right up there and started swinging the stick and grunting with each hit. I think she got 3 swings in before she heard us yelling for her to stop. We may have to get her in T-Ball, I was surprised at how good a swing she had!

It was a very fun day!
The following weekend (Easter weekend) the Primary had an Easter Egg Hunt at the church on Saturday morning before Conference (the first session doesn't start till noon on the east coast). Unfortunately I forgot my camera, but the kids had a blast there too!