Our cute little town hosted its first annual Easter Egg Hunt this weekend. They were expecting about 100 folks to show up, but the crowds topped out at over 500. In short, it was mayhem. No one knew what was going on, there was a creepy bunny in a crane dropping plastic eggs from the sky, the line-ups for face painting and attractions were miles long. So, we got our obligatory photo with the skeeviest Easter Bunny ever and started to walk back to the car.
I was with my friend Krista and her three girls and as she weaved through the crowd with our little ones I ran ahead to the perimeter of the park, away from the throngs and dropped a dozen little foil-wrapped eggs (I had secretly packed in my purse) by a quiet tree trunk.
I ran back to find all our girls and I told them, “You guys! I just saw the Easter Bunny running that way and it looked like he dropped something! You should look and see if you find anything!”
They all sprinted to the spot and when they laid eyes on the secret stash of chocolate eggs they fell to their knees and scooped up as many as they could, as fast as they could, shrieking in delight. “No one else knows these are here!” they called. “He probably dropped them by accident and now they’re ALL OURS! This is the BEST DAY OF MY LIFE!”
Being a mom? Nailed it.
Then we came home and painted the kids’ faces at my place.
It was one of those days where I felt like we brought a little magic into our kids lives and it is all so worth it.
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Nice move!!!
LOL….I am still laughing at the creepy bunny!!! Oh my! We had a similar looking bunny in our valley. I guess he let himself go a little?!
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Grown men in bunny costumes CREEP ME OUT.
Good call bringing your own eggs, and on taking the kids back to your place. :)
Has this success helped erase your Halloween costume disappointment as skid yourself?Sorry about that.Sounds like a lovely love moment.
Sa-weeeet move, Amanda!
Um. SO CREEPY. That is some amazing face paint, though, and healthy snacks to boot! And the easter egg thing? Genius.
GENIUS move! Also, that’s the creepiest damn bunny I’ve ever seen.
So Awesome!!
I will never go to an egg hunt without eggs in my purse again. Genius.
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