Egg hunts and Easter party

We had a really great few days leading up to Easter.  Usually Thomas does not enjoy doing things that involve a large amount of children and especially does not enjoy this when it is mixed with movement, but egg hunts are one of those special activities that involves all of this, but is also for the most part a solo event.  They don't involve talking and no direct attention is falling on them.  Thomas's school had an egg hunt on Monday, where parents come and watch the egg hunt and take pictures.  I was a little nervous for him, as it was one of those potentially overwhelming events.  We talked a lot about it beforehand, as knowing what to expect helps him a lot!  He was paraded around to the start of the egg hunt passing tons of overexcited parents trying to get the perfect picture.  I know having a big crowd around him scares him, but he did very well.  He held the teachers hand and wanted no part of the group preschool picture, but once the hunt started he was pretty excited to find his eggs.  Each child was allowed to pick 12 and he ran around getting his eggs faster than most.  He was very relaxed and was talking a lot to me and his baby brother once the hunt was over.  We sat amongst lots of children and opened his eggs.  He even waved bye to two of his classmates on our way out.  Mommy lost her keys during the egg hunt, so he even had the chance to wave bye to his teacher when we left the second time!

Thomas also had his school Easter party today.  We were in charge of bringing the a book for the teacher to read during the party.  We went to the library and picked out The Great Easter Egg Hunt- a Veggie Tales book that has a musical button to push at the end.  We also brought in Duck! Rabbit! an optical illusion book where you have to guess which animal you think it is.  I read these a few times with Thomas leading up to the day of the party.  I asked him if he would want to push the musical button at the end of the story when the teacher read it.  He has trouble sitting with the group for circle time, so I am always looking for ways to get him involved with the group during this time.  He said yes and was very excited about this, so I informed the teacher of this when I dropped him off.  He had a great time at his party and when I picked him up he said "Mom, I pushed the button!"  It's those little things that add up and build his confidence.  So proud of him.