Easter '07

As you can see....Easter...big friggin deal at the Alan household. Hidden Springs holds it's own Easter Egg hunt for the kids in the community. The photo above is of the hunt just for the toddlers/preschoolers. There were four other hunts about this size (50 or so kids) as well, scattered throughout the community. Both of the boys had a very good time. The weather was amazing, temps into the mid 80's, adding the element of MELTED easter chocolate to the festivities as the eggs were laid out in the meadow beforehand in the sun.

It is so interesting to see how you fall on the parental spectrum....from one end, the parents who were griping that the hunt was supposed to start at 2:30 and it was 2:32 for pete's sake...as well as the starter, who refused to give the go ahead until the two children (preshoolers mind you!) who were on the lawn moved back to the sidewalk...to the other end, the parents who apparently didn't follow the logic thru that if you brought 12 eggs per child to be hidden that was how many you should take, and who also didn't listen to the aforementioned starter lady, who said (via megaphone) to try to limit your child to his/her 12 eggs so that everyone could find some and left with their kids holding buckets that had to have 30-40 eggs in them. We watched it all with amusement: Jake got his 12 eggs, Tanner was happy just picking up discarded pieces of other kids eggs, so we just let him have his fun.

There were treats galore and Jake got to see the Easter Bunny. We decided not to subject Tanner to the Easter Bunny as he is just getting over his Santa Claus trauma. A good time was had by all. BUT, BUT, BUT...

Of course this was not enough. We also had to have an Easter Egg hunt at our house the next day. There were presents (from the Easter Bunny known as "Grandma Mary" and "Auntie Sue"), more eggs (MANY more than the allotment of 12 from the prior day) and more candy as well. We took a picture of Jakes candy bowl (not dish...bowl) and I debated posting that... but to be honest, it makes me feel like a bad parent.....Happy Easter.