Easter Eggs and Cash

A tradition with our family is that on Easter we split our time between both grand parents' homes. For Easter brunch, the kids have great time hunting for plastic eggs in the backyard. Because the babies were old enough this year to (somewhat) understand the concept, we had to give them a slight advantage by allowing them to start the hunt first. Unfortunately, the piece that we hadn't considered is that - because the eggs are filled with cash, not chocolate - the babies had very little interest in looking for the hidden treasures. (They are YEARS from understanding the concept of money... but they know candy!) The result? The big kids totally scoring in the money department.
Grandma and Grandpa are very generous, as some of the eggs have coins, but most of the eggs are filled with paper money.


The babies in turn play we with just about everything else the could get their hands on in the backyard...except the eggs.







I'm willing to bet that there will be a day that the little kids will be able to hold their own in an egg hunt. But for now, I guess they'll just stick to playing with brooms, watering canisters, and the hose.