For his very first Easter egg hunt, 2-year-old Malcolm excitedly fills his purple basket with candy-filled eggs on a sunny Saturday in Freeport with his parents. Maria Skillings / The Times Record

On Saturday, 3-year-old Owen samples the candy he hunted down at Wilbur’s of Maine Chocolate Confections in Freeport, while his siblings and friends Eleanor, 5, Adalyn, 9, Charlotte, 6, and Joey, 2, count their eggs. Maria Skillings / The Times Record