Easter egg hunt at Tita Babie's house

Tita Babie loves to prepare for her annual Easter egg hunt where her guests (but mainly the children) could run around her backyard and find plastic eggs containing chocolate or money. We were excited because it's Gabriel's first Easter... even though he wouldn't understand what was going on. Biboy and Barbara were even more excited: they even got Gabriel his own basket!


Biboy did most of the hunting, of course, while carrying Gabriel. He was more interested in looking at the trees and smiling at people.


After a few minutes of hunting, Biboy's stash filled Gabriel's basket and called it a day. 


But the egg hunt was not finished. Rowan and Aleia proved to be the expert egg hunters, collecting more than 50 eggs apiece! They were able to fill shopping bags with their hauls. 


And then it was time to open the eggs. The mothers and grandmothers were busy counting the children's loot. The titas were all on the side taking photos. And Gabriel? Still more interested with the garden than his Easter egg loot. 


This Easter egg hunt reminded me of my own egg hunting days. Tita Mely used to hide salted eggs all over the house and the backyard. There were so many kids running and screaming excitedly around the house! We didn't win chocolates or money. After finding the eggs, we'd eat them, if I remember correctly. But still, it was something we used to look forward to after waking up so early in the morning to join the Easter procession.

I look forward to seeing Gabriel hunt his own Easter eggs and make happy memories of this holiday. He'll probably be into it by next year... if he's not more interested in just running around by then.

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