This is Peyton's loot after we did the hunt on the lawn. I think after the Lion's Club hunt and the little hunt we do for him at home, he didn't care how many he got, he just wanted to find the cool eggs.
This is our line-up for the hunt. We had some pretty piddily numbers. However, I believe we have some pictures like this when Sas and Phyllis still started. Mom gave out prizes for certain eggs and we definitely learned why Sas and Phyllis never had her help...They were prizes from her left-over happy meals and some broke upon opening...Let's just say they fit the category of the "Not so Grand Prizes!" :-)
This is Peyton's easter outfit that we got him. I thought he looked just like a cute Easter egg. I'm glad some stores are a little more brave and have "cute" boy clothes! He definitely strutted his stuff in this picture!
One of my favorite things about this year is how cute Peyton has been at holidays. Five is such a cute age. They believe anything. Well his plan this year was to "catch" the Easter Bunny and take all of his chocolate rabbits. Well I then proceeded to tell him that when I did that the Easter Bunny hid my baskets harder. His eyes got all big but he still was going to catch him. Well needless to say he feel asleep and we put him to bed. We then hid his stuff a little bit harder than we normally do. We also make a bunny trail that you will see below and none of the bunny trails led to where his stuff was. So when he finally found it I told him that maybe the Easter Bunny had heard him talking about catching him and so he hid his bunny hard! This picture is a result of that discussion. I would say it is priceless!
Peyton is the only kid I know who genuinely loves this silly chocolate rabbits. I always thought they were cool as a kid, but the chocolate was crappy. He just loves them. I wasn't real thrilled that Walmart only had a "gangster" bunny, but Peyton took care of all the accessories very quickly and then proceeded to go for the ears. He will probably never finish it, but it was worth it for such a cute picture.
The search is over! He found it after a little bit of looking. I should have done it harder, but I thought I had.
The bunny trail leading to the basket!
We have never done egg dying at our house so this was the inaugural year for this. I wasn't really sure quite how to do it and had to actually read instructions. I also did not know that I had to use white vinegar and so had to bum some from mother. After this, though, I believe we had some great eggs. I only cooked 18 because I thought Peyts could do quite a few and Andy and I could do one or two, however, we went through that 18 very quickly. I think we had enough colors for 60 eggs if not more, but we had a fun time.
As you can see we had an inundation of "blue" eggs. I'm outnumbered and didn't get too many eggs. It got kind of funny after a while because every time Peyts would pick up a new egg, he would find a blue color to put it in. 
We went out and hid the eggs for Peyts. I think he thought he had to ride his four wheeler around to find the eggs. I guess that is the modern way to egg hunt! It made us laugh. I believe he actually only ran over a couple!
I love to see Peyton's creativity. He decided if he used his finger he could paint the eggs without dipping them in. We also tried some tape and went a little crazy with the crayons. 
The many colors! 
These were the winners of the Hamer Easter Egg hunt. Peyton actually won something for the first time ever....if you don't count the "pink bunny" that dad walked him to when he was two because no one could find it. He was very excited until he learned he couldn't pick the prize he really wanted (the one that the kid by him has). He had seen the prizes all week at Mom's and thought he would get what we wanted...but he ended up liking what he found!
I'm sure many people think that dad had something to do with Peyton finding the prize egg, but he didn't. He found it on his own and as I was thinking about, not too many of us have ever won at this hunt...it was almost like we were jinxed! I'm glad he got it because next year, he'll be up with the older kids.
The loot he found in the Hamer Easter Egg hunt! 
He was very excited for this hunt. I actually think he knew what he was doing this year!We had a great Easter in reverse order! Holidays are sure fun with kids. They remind us of our own fun memories we had when we were their age!
