2nd Annual Amazing Race Egg Hunt

Since our girls are older, coming up with engaging ideas for egg hunts that they still want to have can be a challenge.  (And yes, they still want to have them).  Last year, I hit upon a great idea of hiding 20 numbered eggs for each girl in a specific color.  They had to find egg #1, egg #2, etc. in order.  We kind of hit a snafu last year when Kristen couldn't find egg #7.  I either forgot to make a #7 for her or I hid it really well.  We finally let Kristen skip past #7, but by then Misha was close to winning.

This year, we added Amy in to the mix.  While they were all preoccupied in the house, I snuck outside Saturday afternoon and hid 60 eggs.  Twenty for each in blue, purple, and pink.  Chris hid three "golden eggs" in the neighbor's lot.  Once they had all twenty eggs found (in order), they then had to find their one final golden egg.  The weather forecast showed rain for Sunday, so we surprised the girls with their 2nd Annual Amazing Race Egg Hunt on Saturday Evening.

Let's just say, this version of an egg hunt involves a lot of exercise.  Misha would find an egg, run up to the porch to deposit it in her box, and then bend over to try and catch her breath.

Kristen, determined to win this year, got smart and started writing down where she found her numbered eggs.  She and Misha were neck and neck.  Amy got stuck on a couple of numbers and was slowed down.

Kristen would have had this Easter Egg hunt in the bag when she and Misha were looking for their "golden eggs" except that when she saw Misha's egg in the porta-potty (blame Chris for hiding it there), it dropped from it's hiding perch.  Misha heard an egg drop and was quick to investigate.  The egg was Misha's and she was the winner.  Kristen was pretty heart broken and may have shed some tears over her loss.

Next year.  That'll be Kristen's year.

The first place winner got a $25 gift card to Amazon.  Second and third place garnered $10 gift cards to Chick-fil-A.

Amy found all but two of her numbered eggs--#14 and #18--and her "golden egg" before it was too dark to look anymore.  We all went outside after church on Sunday to help.