Easter Egg Hunt - Take 1

Saturday my people took Lily to her first Easter Egg hunt. The first she's ever been to and the first of this year (she's going to another one Easter weekend). It was at their church and Lily had a lot of fun. The weather was awful, cold and rainy, but fortunately everything was already scheduled to be inside. One of the people there said that last year they had about 700 kids. This year they expected about 1000. They had 24,000 easter eggs ready to go.

They broke the egg "hunts" into different age groups. The first was Lily's, 0-36 months. They had all of the eggs on the floor in the middle of the gym. Everyone lined up along the edge of the basketball court and waited for the whistle. When the whistle blew, it was a free-for-all to grab the eggs. She caught on quick to what she was supposed to do. Here's a quick video of her picking up eggs.



After that part was over, they went to visit the Easter Bunny. She wasn't a big fan of Santa, so my people weren't sure what to expect with the bunny. They thought she would probably scream, but decided to try anyway. She loved him! She had a big smile on her face. While they were in line for the Easter Bunny, they saw that a fire truck was outside and kids were being allowed to sit in the front seat. Lily loves fire trucks, so that was the next stop.

You can click on the picture below to see the whole album of photos.

Easter Egg Hunt at Grace Church 3-28-09

You'll notice the whole family is dressed in black and gold. This is because our beloved Tigers were playing UConn in the Elite Eight of the NCAA Tournament that afternoon. Unfortunately they lost, but they put up a good fight and had an incredible season. Go Tigers!