The Great Egg Drop!

On our first day of Spring Break – Good Friday – we threw a very special Easter party – The Great Egg Drop!

With raw eggs in hand, Mark and his friends constructed protective coverings for their eggs using bubble wrap, Styrofoam peanuts, newspapers, boxes, containers, plastic bags, string, tape & scissors.

 

Next the boys climbed up to the top of the tree house, and dropped their padded eggs onto a target below. Their goal --- to hit the bull’s eye or outer rings without breaking their eggs, racking up as many points as they can in the process. Here Mark parachutes off his egg in a Chinese take-out container! And the results…

 

Not broken!

 

Not broken!

 

Broken! Yet this lil guy, Bryant, launched several eggs with no protection at all, and did not break them. He also figured out that the egg carton all on its own was the most protective covering for the eggs.

 

The party also had lots of homemade goodies like Hot Cross Buns which took Mark and Mom 4 hours to make --- so very yummy!

 

And Granny Santoroski made us deliciously cute cupcakes!

 

The party also included a traditional Easter Egg Hunt – where we really hid the eggs all over the yard – including up in the trees. Here Mark is dressed as Darth Markey as he hunts for Easter eggs!

 

With close to 90 degree temps, the kids got wet while playing Star Wars in the sprinklers.

 

And last but never least, their favorite game of all – Daddy Monster! This time with water balloons! So much fun for all our little friends! Happy Spring Break!