Tuesday, April 14, 2009

Egg "Grab"

So 25 years ago we had egg "hunts." And these hunts either went down at church on in my grandma's front yard with all of my cousins. We'd make our aunts and uncles hid eggs until they were cracked and bashed to pulps. And those suckers would be HARD to find. I don't know what happened in the last 25  years but the egg "hunt" has disappeared and been replaced with the egg "grab." Hundreds and hundreds of eggs strewn across lawns. There's nothing hidden. And sadly, it's over in .3 seconds. Now don't get me wrong, Sophie had a blast grabbing eggs. But it just saddens me that it's over in the blink of an eye. 

A lady I work with was telling me that her church assigns each kid a number and so many eggs have that corresponding number. So you have to go around looking for your numbered eggs. So how did your egg hunts go down?


Sophie and Jordan admiring their "scented" bunnies. Can't say I've ever seen a "scented" stuffed animal, but the thing smells pretty darn good!


We ran into a little boy in her class too. He clearly had more eggs than Little Bit, that's why she's peeking into his basket.  Doesn't he look a foot taller than Sophie. And girlfriend is about 6 months older!


Ok, so a few eggs were "hidden" in the bushes. 



7 comments:

Neurotic Atty said...

I hear ya, sister! I commented on my nieces and nephews not wanting to "hunt" eggs in my 10 today. Lazy kids!

Love the braided pigtails, BTW!

Jenny said...

Looks like she had a good time. But I agree, we used to actually have to look for them- they weren't just out for the taking in the middle of the yard.

Katie said...

I remember getting in trouble for "hiding" an Easter egg in a vehicle tailpipe- now that was some good hiding. The scented stuffed animals are an interesting touch, though I wondered what the boys' brown stuffed animals smelled like...

Sophie does look cute with the braided pigtails.

Jonathan's Mommy said...

My MIL had Bryan and his brother hide not only the eggs but also the baskets. The egg "grab" bores me--make the kiddos work for it like we did!

Erin said...

i'm all for the old-school egg hunt. in fact, we're still finding eggs around the house and in the back yard!

Anonymous said...

I love that yellow dress. Looks very springlike. I agree totally about making the egg hunting harder. That's what made it fun.
G

Susie PSU said...

I like egg hunts better than egg grabs, too! Or ass grabs.