Easter - Part 1

I decided to try the whole public Easter hunt thing again this year. Last year Bradley seemed excited but when the whistle was blown and the kids stormed the eggs - he freaked out. I figured this year he would be better because of being a little older and knowing what to expect. First we decided to head out early and go to one at a nursery/greenhouse. The weather was terrible! It was cold and rainy and snowy, but I was determined to try. We got there a little early and it was a MAD house! SO many people crammed into a tiny area. We all filed into this tiny little room and we were WAY back from where the ropes were to the hunt area. They blew the whistle and - once again - people stormed in. Bradley was fine because we had to hold him since there were so many people, and once we FINALLY shuffled our way into the area we set him down and tried to look - but of course all the people in the front got ALL the eggs, and we were just following in their tracks. We tried to hurry to the back but everything was already gone. A nice man came up and gave us 2 eggs and we hid them really quick and pointed Bradley in their direction, so at least he got 2 eggs - but mostly it was a disaster!

There was another one scheduled that a church was putting on outside later in the day and the weather cleared up a bit so we went there - SO MUCH BETTER! They were very smart with it, they had everyone sign in, counted how many kids there were and gave every kid a limit on how many eggs they could get. It was all in this nice, big, open field so people weren't tripping over themselves and everyone else. Of course there were still the terrible people that you could see walking by with their kids' baskets full to the brim while they pointed out more for them to run and get - but I guess you just have to deal with those people anywhere. The limit was 10, we got 8 but gave 2 away to a little girl who didn't have any. All in all, the kids had fun and it was a nice start to the holiday. We were supposed to go up to Dad's for a nice BIG hunt but the weather ruined that - so that's something to look forward to for next year :)