Kate's Easter Egg Hunt

On the downside, poor little Kate has an ear infection. When she woke up from her nap yesterday afternoon, she had a temperature of almost 103! So I called our clinic and we were seen at urgent care at 7:30. They put her on a stronger antibiotic than she was on last time, since they think that maybe the ear infection she had in February wasn't cleared up all the way, so hopefully the stronger medicine will do the trick.

On the bright side, she was feeling a lot better this morning (after only two doses of the antibiotic; it's amazing how fast those things work!) so I decided to look online and see if there were any toddler-themed Easter activities we could do. We found numerous egg hunts geared toward the younger crowd, so we decided to go to the one in Fitchburg at one o'clock (there was one in Sun Prairie, which would have been closer, but we didn't get going in time).

Kate had so much fun, even though she didn't really understand what was going on. The egg hunt was separated by age, so we were in the 0-3 age group, but like Dan said, there is a huge difference between a three-year-old and a one-year-old! Luckily, Kate didn't seem to mind that all the older kids were snatching up the eggs; she had fun just watching them. Dan & I each grabbed an egg for her, though, and she did manage to pick one up by herself. She looked so happy to be clutching her basket, and she seemed so entertained by looking at all the other kids. After the hunt, we noticed there was a special guest, so Kate got to meet the Easter Bunny! I was worried she would be scared by him, but she was completely fine.


Kate with her basket before the hunt


Pretty purple girl!


She's getting so good at walking now; even when she's holding things!






Waiting patiently for the egg hunt to start






I love this photo; this jacket is just adorable on her! And the little tail is too funny!


Picking up the egg she got herself.





All-in-all, we've had a fun day so far! And, for comparison, let's look at Kate's very first Easter egg hunt ever, which was last year when she was a month and a half old. I'd say she definitely was a more active participant in the one this year, wouldn't you? ;)


Sleeping through the egg hunt