THERE WASN'T A SINGLE PIECE OF CANDY IN SIGHT!!!
That's right. Not the first piece of Laffy Taffy, M&M, or Tootsie Roll. Zip...zilch...nada.
There was, however, a mad scramble for a gazillion little plastic eggs tossed out on the main field, all of where were picked over in a matter of seconds, as a couple hundred local kids rounded them up in exchange for prizes.
What a brilliant idea! Trade in your eggs for non-candy prizes! Bloody genius, if you ask me. LOL
So we got there as this thing was just getting going. I don't recommend doing that because this is really when you can tell the casual Easter eggers from the serious hunters. The eggs were distributed via golf cart, the age categories called, and the feeding frenzy began.
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| The Easter Egg Feeding Frenzy! |
My kids weren't as fast as some. In fact, the first couple of tries, neither of them were able to get there hands on a single egg! It took repeated tries over the next 30 minutes or so for them to score, and even then the pickings were slim. Luckily, the field was reset every few minutes and a different age category called over the course of a 2-hour period. The little kids age 3 and under had their own little egg pen to hunt in, so I took the youngest in there and let him at it.
There were also several games on the sides that kids could participate in and win more plastic eggs. Hoop toss, soccer shoot outs, frisbee toss, mini golf...not bad! I think we got more eggs from the games than we did from the crazy races across the field. LOL
Towards the end, there were considerably fewer kids running out on the field, so I think next time, we'll wait until a little later to try that. Everyone else was in line to trade in their eggs for prizes. All in all, it was a fun outing. The boys had a good time, and the weather actually held up.
Now...what to do with all the OTHER Easter candy they managed to bring home from school?!
