Hunting Eggs In 40 Mile An Hour Winds

Sounds like fun huh?!

Actually Gracie was rather wind blown, but had a great time along with what had to be 50-60 other 3 to 5 year olds.

The Park and Rec department hosted an Easter Egg hunt at the county park this morning at a rousing 10am. I knew it was windy as the very harsh winds kept me up (along with Thomas) most of the night. I was ready to cancel and stay at home worried that it would be too much. But, of course the egg hunt was all Gracie could talk about, so we braved it.

We made our way to the roped off area and saw the "bunny" arrive in the county EMS truck. I was starting to worry whether there were enough eggs as parents and kids piled in, and piled in. Then I started to visualize trampled kids and busted heads and toppled tots. But, when the man announced each kid could collect 10 eggs and he started the hunt, I was pleasantly surprised to see no collisions. I was also thrilled that Gracie took off in search of the plastic treasure. She has come so far in the past 2 years. I never would have been able to take her to something like this and get her to participate. Today, she didn't even wait for my hand.

It took about 5 minutes before each child had 10 eggs, and then they let them get more. By the time it was all done Gracie walked away with 16 eggs and plenty of sugary goodies that were inside.

We didn't doddle at the park as the wind would not let up. But, we didn't let our fun end. We went.....thrift store shopping! After all Garren had Thomas and you know how much I love my thrift stores. And boy did I get some bargains.

Egg dyeing is planned for tonight with Grandma. So, our Easter fun continues.

You can see all of our Easter Fun in pictures in this Picasa folder. I will keep adding more until the big day.

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