The Easter Bunny Must Really Want Easter!
Happy Easter to everyone!
This Easter was the first Easter where Rebecca, Xavier and I were all together and Xavier was "egg hunt aware."
Last year, Rebecca was out of state attending Squadron Officer's College. Last year was also the year the epiphany of the Easter Bunny and egg hunts occurred to Xavier. The video we have of last year's hunt is rather cute.
In fact, Xavier reviewed the videos a couple of times during this past week, I suppose to study last year's hunt and improve on any mistakes.
As last year, we got Xavier to clean various rooms with the statement "The Easter Bunny will not hide things in a messy room. He does not think you will find anything in the mess." It's like having a Spring Cleaning house elf suddenly appear and enthusiastically want to clean.
As we wanted to attend the early service (at 08:45), we had to rally early to have the hunt before church. Xavier asked that we get him up "really early." That meant 06:30. I was surprised, we did actually get him up; he was not already up on his own.
This year, he began his hunt with experience under his belt. As he climbed out of bed, he asked where his basket was. Coincidentally, his basket sat next to his bed with a Lego kit, a book and other small items filling it. The basket was not there when he went to sleep. He had been concerned the Easter Bunny might not show up if he had not been good enough (I don't know where he got that one; it's not something we would ever espouse).
But his Easter Basket showing up in his room already loaded with gifts egged him on! He grabbed it and with experienced dispatch, headed out of his room and into the rooms we cleaned yesterday.
Along his route, he discovered eggs in places we had not cleaned, but were tidy. He found eggs in places high and low; treats under cushions; clutches of jellybeans behind doors and in shoes; chocolates in his Lego structures.
Though not as diverse as last year's finds, there seemed more goodies, and in more inventive places. "The Easter Bunny must really want Easter this year," he exclaimed more than once.
Christ is Risen!