On the Saturday before Easter we had a snow storm, it is Alaska right? So many egg hunts were scheduled to be outside but we opted for a few indoor ones. First we headed to the Museum of Natural History. This is a small but great museum in Anchorage. They sponsored a different kind of egg hunt. Throughout the museum the workers hid numbered eggs 1-26 and each family had a clip board and had to find all eggs and cross them off their list. Once you found all 26 eggs you brought it back up to the front desk and you received a bag of candy and a shark's tooth (way, cool). Some of the eggs were part of the dinosaur display or birds nests on display. They even had activities for the kids to stop and try themselves. Quinn tried his hand at being a king penguin and walked around while keeping his baby egg on his feet. The kids even got to sit on a woolly mammoth wearing bunny ears. It was so great to be able to touch all of the real stuffed animals. We were amazed at how soft the fur was on the bears and wolves.
Next we stopped at the shoppette on base for an egg hunt. Luck for us only one other family with 2 kids showed up. So all 4 kiddos made out like crazy.... each got to find a basketful of eggs filled with candy and won prizes including stuffed animals and magic wands. After this we headed home for lunch. About an hour later, we got a call and Quinn had won a coloring contest and we needed to pick up an Easter basket filled with more goodies.
Lastly we went to a local vendors sale at the local convention center. We bought some yummy homemade apple butter.
Easter day was a quiet one spent at home.
