Fun Easter Egg Hunt

Like the past couple of years, we drove to Lattins Cider Mill & Farm in Olympia for the Easter egg hunt which was held the day before Easter. We love coming here because this place is open year round and the animals are always available for viewing. There's also a country farm store where they sell fruits, pies, different flavor jams and jellies, apple cider, pastries and some meats.

The egg hunt started at 1:00 pm. This place is very popular so in order to get a good parking spot one needs to get here early. We got here at 11:00 am. Arriving early gives up plenty of unhurried time to see and feed the animals, play some games and buy food from one of the vendors that are here for this special event.

I'm glad I remembered to bring our thick jackets. I had to change Riley's jacket shortly after arriving because it was very cold and windy. Thankful it didn't rain.

We saw lots of baby chicks, ducklings and baby goats. Riley enjoyed holding a duckling and a bunny. One is able to purchase ducklings here. Jacob and the kids wanted to bring some home. I'm not too thrilled of the idea ... maybe if we had a huge yard I wouldn't mind. Besides, I'm not sure what the ordinance is about owning farm animals in a non rural neighborhood.

This big white sheep was super dirty. As soon as he saw the bag of food it came running towards us. Riley couldn't help but to crack up.

Sydna and Nathan spent about an hour more with the ducklings and bunnies. I think they like to hold/pet them more than Riley does. By the time they came to find us we had already snacked. I got nachos and Jacob had a brisket sandwich which was quite tasty. Of course, I had to bring Riley a peanut butter and jelly sandwich.

While we waited for the egg hunt to start Jacob took Riley to play some games. Jacob said that it took Riley two tries to knock these bottles down. He was so proud of him ... they gave each other a high five. The prize was a water gun. He loved it!

{picture taken by Jacob}

It was several minutes past 1:00 pm and all the kids were getting antsy. Once they heard the guy say, "On your mark, get set, GO!" they booked it. I could hear Riley cracking up. Like last year, he ran past lots of eggs before he began to pick some up. We kept directing him but there were so many that he didn't know which ones to get. Lots of kids were having this problem. It was hilarious.

He filled his basket and then they began to open each egg so they could take all the candy out and leave the plastic eggs. That was fun!

And like we always do when we're in Olympia, we stop by Old School Pizza for lunch.

Most of the dark thick clouds had gone away and the sun was shining. We headed over to the marina to get some sun and to our surprise we noticed a park. I don't remember this park being here last time we were here. That's a big plus ... and there's restrooms like a few feet away, nice.

It was chilly but the sun felt SO good. It turned out to be such a beautiful day.

After a while from sitting and sulking in the sun Jacob headed over to the playground and swung Riley on the swing for a while. Sydna and Nathan were also swinging and enjoying the day. I'm sure if I would have taken a picture of them and posted it they would have been embarrassed, lol. My older kids still enjoy simple entertainment when we're out. I think that's pretty cool.

Saw lots of these trees with pretty blossoms.

Oh, and we saw small jellyfish already out. That's weird because we haven't seen any around Seattle. The water here in Olympia must be a bit warmer ... maybe because this is where the Puget ends.

I love marinas. The boats make it into such a picturesque scene.

We walked a bit further and climbed down some big rocks to get close to the water.

{picture taken by Sydna}

Such a fun day. Riley was definitely stimulated to the max. For me, taking in all the beauty around me is what I enjoy along with seeing my loved ones having a good time.