Ella Catherine's first Easter Egg Hunt

Sunday our church had its annual Easter Egg hunt. They divided it into age groups so that the little ones wouldn't get run over and would actually get some eggs. Each family brought 12 filled eggs to church that morning and dropped them off in the appropriate box for your age group. Then with the hunt you were asked to restrict your child to 12 eggs. This would ensure that every child went home with some eggs. It was way more politically correct than the easter egg hunts in my day!
Ella Catherine was very excited and ready with her Easter basket. I was a little concerned about her being able to find the eggs and told Matt one of us might have to go along and help her. However, when we got there we realized that was not going to be necessary! They just had a big square blocked off and filled with eggs. No problem finding those eggs!!! :) When it was time to go, she was slow to start but finished with a bang. I think she was so interested initially in watching the other kids that she didn't think about getting any herself.
After the 0-2 age group went, everyone scattered up the hill to a different area to let the 3-6 age group have there hunt. Matt and I noticed there were still some eggs left in the square. So, we let Ella Catherine go pick them up. Well, there was another family that had the same thought. There little girl was disabled and unable to walk yet. So, Ella Catherine without any prompting picked up an egg and went and put it in her basket. It made Matt and I so proud of her!! She really is such a sweet child.


The Big Squareof Eggs for the hunt!! Not a real challenge but it did get her used to the concept for this weekend.

Posing with daddy but anxiously awaiting the start of the hunt.
She is off!
Hunting eggs makes a girl thirsty.

A family shot after the hunt. Next year we will have 1 in the 0-2 group and 1 in the 3-6 group! So hard to believe!!! Only 6+ weeks until Baby Lynch #2 makes his/her debut.