Preschool Egg Hunt

We've gone to public egg hunts every year since Bradley was 1 and I've always had mixed feelings about them. I always thought it was a fun idea and COULD be fun, then we get there and it's a mad house and people are pushy and aggressive. You'd think they hid $100 bills in the eggs the way people acted. And a lot of them were very unorganized and unprepared for the amount of people that showed up. And yet, afterwards Bradley has always seemed excited about the 2 eggs that he did get, so I keep going :) This year they had one at his preschool. We were to bring a dozen filled eggs the day before for each child participating. We showed up Saturday morning and went in the gym area and sang songs until it was time for the hunt. It was such a nice day and they were able to hide some inside as well as outside all around the building. They let the under 2 year olds go first, then 4 and under, then older kids. It was by far the best hunt I've ever been to. It was busy but not terrible. No pushing, no rushing to be first in line to get out, no parents hurrying to pick up eggs before other people, and no one stuffing their baskets full when you weren't supposed to take more than 12 each. It was SUCH a nice, relaxing experience this time. We took our time and found them all around outside. People left pretty quickly and there were still many eggs on the ground so I was able to put Sammie down and she wondered around finding eggs, then putting them back to find more. Bradley was able to hunt for eggs with his best friend from school Adrian and we all had a lot of fun!