Sophie's Easter Party 2019

Last week, Sophie & I threw her last official holiday party before she starts school. I have been throwing these little holiday parties & play dates since they were born. Besides their birthday parties, I have always had a Halloween party, a Valentine party & an Easter party but next year I guess I will be partying without them while they are both at school full time. We decorated the house:

and made a few yummy snacks before all of our friends arrived:

Ok, so we didn't make all of that, but we did make these cute little nests:

We had a great turnout with lots of her friends & the weather was perfect! I had been working in the yard for the past week trying to get everything cleaned up from winter so we could spent the morning outside. We all had a great time playing, eating & visiting - moms & kids:

We tried to get a group picture but not everyone wanted to cooperate:

Still looks like a pretty good group of kids, right? We decided to do the egg hunt in the front yard because with this many kids, it felt crowded in the back. So a few of us headed out front to hide eggs. We had so many cars lining the street it kind of acted like a border & then spread the eggs all the way from the street to our neighbor's yard so there was plenty of room for the kids to run around. We asked all of our friends to bring 12 eggs so we had a lot eggs! It took a few of us out there trying to hide them:

But I think we did a good job:

We thought we were being sneaky out front & I had closed the blinds in the dining room, but apparently someone saw us out there & they all started lining up in the foyer trying to sneak out the front door:

This is the chaos I ran into when we came back in! These kids were ready to go! To be fair, I shuffled everyone to the driveway so there was more room for them to run out however, we had a few little ones so we let them hunt first while the older kids waited in the driveway. I thought this picture was hilarious making them wait:

And then it was their turn! I was standing in the driveway & took this picture from the back:

But most of my friends were standing at the bottom of the driveway waiting for them to run out & this picture cracks me up even more:

I love the expressions on all of their faces! But what's even funnier is the fact in both pictures, Sophie is like "Hey guys - why are you running? I already found an egg right here!"

The kids did great, took turns, spread out, helped each other & everyone eventually found 12 eggs. They had so much fun & the weather was so nice, we ended up hanging out in the front yard for the next 30 minutes or so because the kids were having fun cracking open their eggs:

It was a beautiful day & we had such a great time with all of our friends. Thank you everyone who brought eggs & snacks, but most of all, thank you for your friendship! Sophie & I are grateful for all of you: