Neighborhood Easter Egg Hunt

This is the first year that Ethan has been able to participate in our neighborhood's annual Easter egg hunt.  Last year he was sick and missed it, so he was especially looking forward to it this year.  He has been kind of obsessed with the Easter bunny recently and has some interesting ideas about him.  Ethan is convinced that the Easter bunny comes to help you find Easter eggs (the concept that he hides them has escaped Ethan at this point!)  On our way to the egg hunt, he kept talking about the Easter bunny:  Where does he live?  Will he come with us back to our house?  What color is he?  And he said several times that the Easter bunny was going to help him find the hidden eggs. 
The Easter bunny is the spouse of our neighbor who organizes the egg hunt.  They rent a costume for this event every year.  It was cute that Ethan was more interested in hugging the Easter bunny than finding eggs.  Fortunately our neighbor was a good sport, allowing Ethan to hug him several times and even helping him find an Easter egg.

Waiting with our neighbors for the hunt to officially begin.  Ethan made a beeline for the Easter bunny (he's standing right in front of the bunny)

 

Different yards were labeled according to age so that kids were hunting with others of similar age.  That worked out really nicely so that everyone had a chance to find plenty of eggs.  This neighbor's yard was for 3-4 year olds.

Ethan was beyond ecstatic when the Easter bunny helped him get an egg!  Too bad my camera focused on the branch that was in the way rather than on Ethan and the bunny. 

Ethan LOVES the Easter bunny!  Bet you didn't know the Easter bunny wears tennis shoes ;)

Ethan's basket was filled with a bunch of eggs, and he enjoyed opening them to find out what candy was inside

 

What a fun morning!