South Bend had a bunch of Easter activities today and I was really looking forward to taking Lilly to the Egg Hunt. The weather was great (50 ish) and it was sunny. Perfect. Hahahaha- it was the worst egg hunt I have ever seen.
First, it was supposed to start at 4:30, so we got there at 4:20 thinking that it wouldn't be that crowded (I don't know what I was thinking really- it was as if every child in Indiana and our neighboring states was already there lined up and ready to run). Just as we were walking up to it (at 4:20), they started counting down from 5 to start the race (also- the "hunt" was just a bunch of plastic eggs laid out on the lawn of Tippecanoe Place, a large mansion/restaurant. I, for some odd reason, was imagining a huge open field with a few kids skipping and looking all over for eggs. I must be delusional since I'd been to Tippecanoe Place several times and there is no open field anywhere near it- it's in downtown South Bend). So, I picked up Lilly and ran, shoving strollers and slow walking toddlers out of my way, to where the egg hunt was and in a matter of seconds, all the eggs were gone. It was so sad. Lilly had no idea what was going on, which is good. A very nice family gave us two of their eggs. While Lilly was inhaling her Nestle chocolate eggs, I saw a child who was probably 12 years old run by and he had a basket full of about 10 eggs. I tripped him. Just kidding! Anyway, we will probably not go next year.
Sorry it was so awful! It's just as well Lilly had no idea what was going on.
ReplyDeleteI'd have tripped him. We were going to go to a hunt across town yesterday, until I drove by the location 2 hours before it was to start. It looked like a tailgate there were so many cars. Needless to say, we didn't go.
ReplyDeleteNext year I'm hosting one at our house!!! We'll save the hassle and drama of a community wide one and just open it to the play group.
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