Chocolate Egg

Here is Linus tucking into one of his Easter eggs. I was very excited this year as I had planned a proper Easter egg hunt for him seeing as he is now a big number 3 boy. I made a sort of Easter egg treasure hunt, assisted by some yummy chocolate rabbits to accompany each clue. Luckily Linus made a little basket at nursery on the Thursday before Easter, which came in handy for collecting bunnies in. Bob was not in on the clues and so helped Linus with the search.

Unfortunately I slightly over-estimated Linus's ability to solve clues. One of them read "it's where you watch tv, it's soft and blue". We have a big, blue sofa where Linus watches tv.

No Linus, it isn't that blue rattle. Nope, not that blue ball. Nope, it isn't in the tv itself. How about this blue sofa Linus? He takes one look "no, it isn't there" <sigh> the boy definitely takes after his father.

Anyway, he eventually made his way up to his bedroom and discovered some eggs and a clue to the rest of the stash, including gifts people had sent for Gabriel. For the next part he had to follow the coloured arrows back downstairs to the sofa (again). He was very good at this, and most excited that there was an arrow actually ON THE SOFA MUMMY!!!!

I tell him, in my un-religious way that Easter is when Jesus said that we should eat chocolate. "No Mummy!" he replies, "Easter means you have arrows on your stairs". Well, ok then

Here he is enjoying his small milk chocolate splat egg from The Chocolate Alchemist shop in Guildford (www.thechocolatealchemist.co.uk). The bunnies were also from here.

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