Happy Easter!

This past Easter came quickly and we assembled baskets after a couple trips to the store and also with the help of Amazon.  In addition to candy in the baskets (gummy-type candy for Karina, chewing gum and chocolate for Eliana and Gabe, and Xiao Yu likes all types of candy), they also got other gifts.  Xiao Yu got a building set, Gabe got a waffle iron because he is obsessed with waffles, Karina got a dog training/treat belt, and Eliana got a water bottle with a water purifier built into the straw.  She wants to take it backpacking.

Then as per tradition, we started our indoor Easter egg hunt.  As always, each kid has a color "assigned" to them and can only get the eggs of their color, even if they see other eggs around.  

This allows us to hide the eggs with varying levels of difficulty, depending on the kid.

And depending on the height of the kid!  Eliana is quite tall now!

But sometimes no matter what your height, it pays to look down low.

Each egg has a mini-marshmallow and also each kid had a "golden egg" with a dollar inside.

Then it was time for breakfast and Gabe decided to try out his new iron.  

The humans in the Yuen household weren't the only ones who got to enjoy a special Easter breakfast.  The animals also got special treats that the kids wanted to give them.  Karina made the rabbits a special treat made of oats, rabbit pellets, and other ingredients and then pressed them into heart-shaped cookie cutters.

For the chickens, she also melted beef tallow and mixed that with oats, sesame seeds, sunflower seeds to make a "cake" for them.

And then she topped them with beetles.  Elvin has a little mealworm farm going and these are the beetles that the mealworms turn into after they grow into adults.

Of course, the rabbits loved their treat.  

They each got one.

The chickens loved theirs as well.  They especially love the beetles and eat those first.

Lucky also got a special treat too.  It has kibble mixed in with beef tallow and some meat.  Yum!

After all that, it was time to go to church, or rather the backyard of someone's house.  We've been meeting with a couple other families outside during the pandemic.  They have a pretty big backyard full of trees and bushes, and offered to hide lots of eggs for the kids to hunt.

And they're off!

Karina was pretty successful.

This year, Gabe did not want to use his basket but opted for a paper bag instead.

And Eliana made off with some too.  Lucky attends church too, but had to stay close to Elvin.

Afterwards, all the kids examined their loot.  Lots of candy!

In the afternoon, it came time to dye eggs.  We set up a bunch of dunking stations with various colors.

Then Gabe got fancy and was submerging half of the egg in one color and half in another.  

You can see some of the resulting eggs.  They had lots of fun.

So despite the pandemic, the kids had a good Easter and lots of fun!