A Soldier and his Girls: An Easter Tradition

Every Easter when I was a little girl we would always go to church in our Easter dresses and hats and then head over to my grandmother's house who we called Mama. It is one of those great traditions that everyone loved. The 7 kids would wait impatiently inside trying to resist the urge to peek as the adults were hiding the eggs in her huge (or at least it was huge to my little girl mind) backyard. They would hide them all over and we would spend hours hunting, eating and re-hiding the eggs. It was lots of fun and it is a great memory I share with all my family.

Last year my mom began her own tradition of an Easter egg hunt for her granddaughters. We aren't always able to do it exactly on Easter but it is still a great tradition that I look forward to every year. Especially as more children are added to our families and Ellie and Alyssa grow older.

This past weekend we continued our traditional Stewart family egg hunt and the girls had a ball. It did not matter that we had to do it inside because everything outdoors was soaking wet from Friday nights severe weather. It is so funny to see the girls and the different ways they participate in things. Alyssa is a go getter hurrying to find all her eggs and then tearing into them to see what all she got. Ellie is much more thoughtful and wonders around slowly looking for eggs and then neatly opens her eggs and enjoys each egg before moving on to the next. I am sure in years to come Ellie will learn to move a little faster when all the eggs are being taken but for now it is cute. For the rest of the weekend Ellie has played with those plastic eggs and all her goodies.

Here are some pics from the our second annual Stewart family egg hunt: