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Saturday, 26 April 2014

Zoom In Zoom Out #17

I'm not sure who gets the most fun out of Easter around here. For a while it was the kids with Easter Egg anticipation.  There were hunts in the garden when the weather was fine, around the house when it was wet, and far too much chocolate for healthy teeth and calm behaviour.  With teenage hormones, there was a waning of enthusiasm from some quarters ... it wasn't cool to join in with parentally organised activities ...
However I love devising the clues and hiding of eggs filled with treats, so I tried not to let the reducing numbers of children at home stop me from keeping the traditional hunt going.  It fell a little flat in 2013 with just Child No.3 to cater for.
Luckily we had some company this year and she found it much more fun to have No.1 Son and his girlfriend searching, very enthusiastically, alongside her.   


Much more fun for me too, because I was able to watch three happy faces in the sunshine and got a scrapbook-worthy photo from Helena's ZIZO meme - I wonder if there are other eggs to see this week?
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13 comments:

  1. Mary B26 April 2014 at 07:38

    Lovely photo, did they have to find their own colours as I see they seem to have

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  2. Alison26 April 2014 at 08:03

    No eggs here..I was on my own...love the pics!
    Alison xx

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  3. helena26 April 2014 at 08:32

    lovely capture of happy

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  4. scrappyjacky26 April 2014 at 12:23

    Our 'bigs' loved helping the 'littlies' search for eggs.

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  5. Anonymous26 April 2014 at 14:53

    I would have loved finding the penguin!! Looks like smiles all round for your hunters.
    Thanks for your suggestion about Fotor.com for collages on my blog- I guess I am just used to Picasa. I will try again when I have more time and Picasa annoys me again! I do like the rounded corners in your collage....

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  6. Missus Wookie26 April 2014 at 15:26

    How fun - we don't 'do' Easter like that but I do like treasure hunts. Sunshine and smiles makes it more fun :)

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  7. Lesley G26 April 2014 at 15:37

    Aw, I love compiling the hunt too although I did cheat a bit this year.
    A great, happy photo to scrap :)

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  8. Sandie26 April 2014 at 23:41

    How nice to have more of your family home for Easter. I loved making up Easter egg hunts too until they became teenagers and asked nicely if I would mind not hiding eggs around the garden any more as it was a bit embarrassing if the neighbours saw :(
    A great ZIZO - and your treasures look well worth finidng!!

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  9. betty-NZ27 April 2014 at 09:33

    Teens are weird, but everybody likes chocolate eggs!

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  10. Lisa27 April 2014 at 09:34

    I tried doing a hunt for my husband back in the early days. It fell flat which saddened me so I don't do anything any more :-( but your three happy faces were clearly worth it. :-)

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  11. ComfyMom~Stacey27 April 2014 at 16:54

    Great photos!
    We never did the egg hunts at home with the boys. Too many animals inside & out. We'd go to ones hosted by the county or a few churches. But last year the boys weren't really into it so this year we didn't go. :(

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  12. Maria Ontiveros28 April 2014 at 07:56

    We had quite the boring Easter this year, but I didn't mind as we were all so tired. Plus, we had very good food! Paul made spanakoita.
    Rinda

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  13. Anonymous29 April 2014 at 18:22

    Funny how the uncool becomes fun if the girlfriend is interested. No Easter egg hunts for us this year, but we did have egg and spoon races. Unfortunately no photos since I failed to charge phone AND camera before we went!

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