Egg Rollin'

Yesterday we hosted a "Better than the White House's" Egg Roll and potluck.  The boys got all fancy, us parents stuffed a bunch of plastic eggs full of treats, and each family brought a mouthwatering dish to share.  I feel like every time we get together we eat like it's Christmas dinner.  The table was set, and Magnus (in his 3-piece outfit) was pumped.

 We (us grown ups) decided it would be best to eat dinner, therefore giving the kids incentive to eat fast and finish, before doing the hunt.

 The playgroup's getting so big that we had to break the hunt into 2 groups this year.  The toddlers got a 1 minute head start on the preschoolers.

 The big kids were a lot faster, therefore very difficult to photograph in the evening sun.  Mattias managed to catch a few in action.

 In the end all the kids were happy, and not a single tear was shed (not by me, or by my mini-me).

 The biggest winner?  Guster.  For his 8th birthday he got to chew on the ham bone after I carved all the meat off.  He tried to come inside when temperatures got chilly, but when we gave him the choice to give up his ham bone and come inside, he chose to stay outside.  No survival skills whatsoever.

 This morning we treated the boys to an outing to Cabin John Regional Park, where they operate a miniature train and have an awesome playground.

 

They even have a darling railway station where the kids wait, with tickets in hand, for the conductor to call "All aboard!"

 I can't think of many situations where $1.75 can buy you 15 minutes of awe and excitement.

 It was a gorgeous day spent in nature, making all of us feel like the king of the mountain.

 Until the boys crashed from all their sugar highs.  But that's another blogpost...