Easter Egg Hunts 2010

Trent had 2 Easter egg hunts to attend this year - one in our neighborhood and one in Grandmom & Grandpop Woodland's neighborhood.  The first one (in our hood) began at 10am and took place in our neighborhood playground (which is 2 houses down - very close).  The egg hiders did a wonderful job - they utilized the entire park (which is large) and everything in it, including signs, trees, bushes, playground equipment, etc.  They even hid eggs in the grass by placing grass over top the egg to camouflage it.  Overall I though they did an awesome job hiding and extending the length of the hunt.  There were probably about 2 dozen children, and since some were considerably older than others, they told the older kids they could only collect certain colors.  This gave the younger kids a chance to get their share.  Some eggs contained wrapped candy and others contained a piece of paper with a # on it.  This # coincided with a larger piece of candy that you collected at the end of the hunt. 

Trent wanted very very little to do with the eggs.  We practiced with plastic eggs before the hunt, so he knew there was stuff inside them, but he sometimes had difficulty opening the eggs.  Once he got to his first piece of candy he stuck it in his mouth without taking the foil off it - this led to him making a face and spitting it out.  Had he tasted the chocolate inside I think he would have been more inclined to collect more eggs.  He was mostly interested in making his way to the playground to play.    

Afterward him and Claire lounged together on Trent's bed

By 3:00 we were at his grandparents house ready for the next hunt.  This hunt consisted of about the same number of kids.  Again they made sure to give the younger kids a fair chance, but this time there was a physical divider.  This hunt was different in the sense that all the eggs were clearly visible sitting right on the grass.  This made the hunt a quick one, but it was much better for the younger kids (IMO).  Trent was  able to see all the brightly colored eggs everywhere and I think they interested him.  He still didn't totally get the concept of the hunt but he found an egg or two that really fascinated him and he stuck with them.  Toward the end he put his eggs next to himself on the grass and other kids picked them up, so he came away with a piece or two of candy but no eggs.