A Fun Lunch Outside

Another one of our friends had a birthday this past weekend and we got together again with our same group for another evening of game playing. We ordered pizza, brought salad and dessert, and played one of our favorite games: Q90. Guys vs girls. :-)

Craig is normally really intense with this game. He fires questions before anyone can get a word in and we all just laugh at him. Ha! Look at the serious expression on his face!

We stayed WAY later than I expected, but thankfully my parents were keeping the kids overnight for us, so we got to sleep in a bit. That almost NEVER happens!

The next morning, after picking the kids up, we all played outside for awhile.

The day was absolutely GORGEOUS! We ate lunch and dinner on the deck, played outside a lot, and I got a ton of house work and cooking done during nap. I LOVE days like this.

After awhile, the kids came inside to wash hands and clean up for lunch. I had a surprise planned for them that I saw on Pinterest (of course!) and I got it all assembled and hidden without them seeing. I'd already washed the plastic eggs and prepped the food so I just filled the eggs, closed them all and went outside to hide a carton for each child. I decided it would make much more sense to just leave the appropriate variety of eggs in each carton instead of hiding the eggs individually.

I also got a plate of food ready for Craig and I and beverages for all four of us set out on the table on our deck. Before we went outside, I told Craig to just act like he didn't notice that the kids didn't have food at their places. Well, Craig makes a habit of teasing the kids (especially Will) in a LOT of ways so Will got instantly defensive and upset when we told him we didn't know where his lunch went and maybe a bunny or a bird took it off the table and hid it!?!? You can see his pouty face at the idea that he were playing a trick on him even though we'd already suggested that the kids go hunting around the yard for their lunches.

Running out to the tree in the back corner of our yard.

But Sophie stopped short and Will ended up finding the carton that was sitting beneath the tree.

Finally a smile when he realizes this is kind of fun/funny! ;-)

Craig told Will he had to help Sophie find her carton or we'd have to split the one he found. :-)

Do you see Sophie's carton? She's about to discover it.

Yay!

Back at the table and cracking into each egg, both kids loved this surprise.

I just LOVE catching pictures of the way Craig and Sophie look at each other. I adore this bond.

Easter cookies for dessert.

I've got to come up with more ways that we can have "lunch hunts" this summer that aren't Easter related. This was so fun!