We had our Easter hunt on Friday morning. My mom was in town and leaving today, so we wanted to not have to rush through and take the time to properly enjoy Jaia’s first hunt.
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As I mentioned, we had not said much about Easter to Jaia prior to a few days before, but the promise of candies delivered by a bunny was enough to fuel excitement since the first mention. She woke up Friday morning asking if the bunny had come for a visit. And he had. The night before dan and I stuffed little plastic eggs with skittles and jelly beans and gummi bears. See, we are still in the middle of the elimination diet and you cannot find chocolate without dairy and/or soy in it. So this Easter was, for the first time in my life, 100% chocolate free.
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But Jaia didn’t notice. She came down the stairs and noticed a small pink egg hiding behind a frame right away. She squealed! And to be quite honest, that one egg would have been enough. But there was so much more, hidden – though not really hidden – all around the kitchen and living room. She had so much fun and ate so much candy. She kept stopping to rush over to me, throw her arms around my neck and tell me she loves me. I think she was happy.
I’ve since hidden the candy again, this time completely out of sight. If not, it would all be gone by now. Easily.
