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Happy Easter, everyone. Here's an interesting egg from the collection my mom had that is now mine.
Yesterday was the Easter egg hunt, and all 3 kids had a blast! The church where it was held went all out scattering plastic colored eggs with candy in them, toys, and trinkets on the lawn. There was a section for little kids, where the littlest one and I were, and the 2 older siblings went by themselves to the older kids' section.
Then we went inside the parish house for snacks and drawings. First, every kid who signed in got his or her name pulled out of a big bowl and got to choose a prize from a table loaded with stuff. Both boys chose a big bubble container with a giant bubble wand in it. The containers were long, tubelike, and the boys had fun pretending they were swords and had a sword fight or 2 or more. The girl chose a big, cute white rabbit stuffed animal clutching a carrot that said "Happy Easter" on it. When she got that, she clutched it to her and wouldn't let go. The kids made quite a haul, plus I had put together modest Easter baskets for all of them, which paled in comparison with what they got from the church. I was amazed at the bounty. The stuff must have been donated, and someone at the church must have been very busy getting those donations. I never expected the kids would get so much! The girl even won a jar of jelly beans because her guess was the closest to the actual number of candies in the jar.
After that, and it didn't take as long as I thought it might, I took the kids back to the house and tutored 2 of them till it was time to go to the new boy at 1 p.m. He and his sister got Easter baskets, too. I thought maybe he'd feel he was too old to get an Easter basket (he's 12), but I think he was happy with it.
Then, back to the original kids' house to tutor the 3rd one, and then I had a couple of hours to kill before the new girl would be home, so I shopped, got gas, and got the car washed. Then it was time for the new girl, and I tutored her.
I really wish I could do the new kids together so I didn't have to go back & forth so much, but summer will be here soon, and at that point, we'll probably rearrange all the times and days, so I'll wait till then to make changes.
Speaking of computers, mine has been acting up, too, and I feel like I'm living on borrowed time till it totally doesn't work. So I'm thinking of getting another as a backup and then getting this one repaired. I need a computer to do the tutoring lessons. I could manage without one, but it's interesting how dependent I've become.
Lizzie, I'm glad the horses have a place to run now. I bet they'll be a lot calmer and happier with more exercise. I'd love to see pics of them, especially Wiseguy bucking and Pony running.
