Easter Egg Hunt

Sorry for no blogs for the last few days.  While Laura was in China, Avery got sick on Thursday and ran a fever for Thursday, Friday, and Saturday morning.  Then it proceeded into a sore throat, which means she didn't want to eat anything, that led to only drinking milk, that led to not sleeping through the night and a throwup from only having milk and medicine, and finally an ear infection.  So she is off school today for the 5th consecutive day.  Even though she was cleared by the doctor and feels fine.

So on Saturday afternoon, our neighborhood had an Easter Egg Hunt for all the kids.  Since we moved in 2.5 years ago, quite a few kids have either moved in or been had.  There were at least 6 other kids Avery's age that live in the neighborhood plus 3 or 4 more grandkids.  Avery's fever was gone so we thought we would get out of the house and enjoy the nice weather.  Keep in mind that it was just me.

So as soon as we got down there, this is the reaction that I got.  She did not want to get out of the stroller and certainly didn't want to play with the other kids.

After the other kids went screaming out into the little park after the eggs, I finally pryed Avery off of my leg and coached her into picking up the eggs.  In this picture you can see the extreme trepidation of picking up the eggs as if she was stealing them. 

 Finally warming up to the idea and walking on her own to get them.

 Here she is finally "playing" with her friends.  And by "playing", I mean being within 10 yards of them.  The little girl with the bunny ears is Lilly.  Lilly came and picked an egg out of a basket.  I fully expected Avery to freak out, but she played it cool.  Lilly's parents put the egg back in Avery's basket and told her that they weren't lilly's eggs, but Avery's.  For the rest of the weekend, whenever Avery saw her eggs, she would say "Avery's eggs, not Lilly's."

This is the face that she made when she figured out that there was candy inside of them.