Today was the annual easter egg hunt at the town park. This is a long time event in our town and we have been doing it for many, many years. It started today at 11am and each section of the park is marled with an age group. There are real color-dyed eggs that the American Legion dyes the night before, chocolate bunnies, candies, candy filled plastic eggs and "prize eggs". Don;t ask me what the "prize eggs" look like as no one in my family has EVER found one of these. In my 42 years I have never seen one. Not in my family or my friends. I do know they exist-they are apparently just very hard to find. All the kids line up a the end of the hill at their age group section. When it is time they count down from 10 and the kids go running out into the park area to pick up what they can find. There is alot of goodies in the park for them and it seems like only minutes until they gather all of it up. The
kids play a little in the park and then everyone is invited to the American Legion for free hot dogs, potato chips, and pop. It is at that time that the kids go through their basket of eggs and if they have one of the "prize eggs" they get their prize. All the kids also empty their plastic eggs and leave them in a basket or bag for the legion to use them next year. In the pictures, Emily was just starting out with her basket. She picked up a chocolate covered marshmallow bunny, 2 sugar eggs, and a plastic egg. (She was more excited to watch people) I thought that maybe since she had just one plastic egg she may have beginners' luck and have the "prize egg"-no luck!!! Hannah picked up about a dozen real colored-dyed eggs and 2 plastic eggs. She did not have a prize egg either!!! Maybe next year. The other picture of Emily was at the American Legion after eating her hot dog. Her cousin, Katie, was there and saw Emily for the first time. Emily got comfortable in Katie's lap and was practicing "answering" her cell phone. After our good-byes, we were
off to home so Hannah could color-dye our easter eggs.
Today was the annual easter egg hunt at the town park. This is a long time event in our town and we have been doing it for many, many years. It started today at 11am and each section of the park is marled with an age group. There are real color-dyed eggs that the American Legion dyes the night before, chocolate bunnies, candies, candy filled plastic eggs and "prize eggs". Don;t ask me what the "prize eggs" look like as no one in my family has EVER found one of these. In my 42 years I have never seen one. Not in my family or my friends. I do know they exist-they are apparently just very hard to find. All the kids line up a the end of the hill at their age group section. When it is time they count down from 10 and the kids go running out into the park area to pick up what they can find. There is alot of goodies in the park for them and it seems like only minutes until they gather all of it up. The 
kids play a little in the park and then everyone is invited to the American Legion for free hot dogs, potato chips, and pop. It is at that time that the kids go through their basket of eggs and if they have one of the "prize eggs" they get their prize. All the kids also empty their plastic eggs and leave them in a basket or bag for the legion to use them next year. In the pictures, Emily was just starting out with her basket. She picked up a chocolate covered marshmallow bunny, 2 sugar eggs, and a plastic egg. (She was more excited to watch people) I thought that maybe since she had just one plastic egg she may have beginners' luck and have the "prize egg"-no luck!!! Hannah picked up about a dozen real colored-dyed eggs and 2 plastic eggs. She did not have a prize egg either!!! Maybe next year. The other picture of Emily was at the American Legion after eating her hot dog. Her cousin, Katie, was there and saw Emily for the first time. Emily got comfortable in Katie's lap and was practicing "answering" her cell phone. After our good-byes, we were 
off to home so Hannah could color-dye our easter eggs.
Ahh, sounds fun. Jack slept through our Easter Egg hunt! Too much excitement...I guess! Shannon
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