We got there, and there were tons of people there. They had three egg hunt areas for under 3, 4-7, and 7-10 year old kids. I took Noel over to the under 3 crowd, we sat and watched for about 20 minutes, about every minute or so, some little kid made a break for the field of eggs, their parent chasing after them. (No pictures, I didn't want my iPad in that giant crowd of people.)
Noel and I were at the front, about 10 feet from the eggs. I'm not sure what I was expecting, but when they let everyone in, we suddenly had dozens and dozens of parents swarming us. Some grandma was yelling at everyone to let her through, because she was in front. I ended up picked Noel up and pulling her out of there, so she didn't get trampled. Things would have been fine, if it were not for all the aggressive parents. I had figured we would have been fine with just two Easter Eggs for Noel. One kid gave her one, then another lady put two eggs on the ground for her, by the time she bent down to get them, some other kid ran up and swiped one of them.
It was chaos, but nothing compared to the older kids. They were on the intercom over and over telling people things would start at 10:30. Older kids were supposed to be limited to 5 eggs each. At about 10:15, there was a dam break in the older kids ranks, kids started swarming the field in one section, then they all went. They got on the intercom to tell everyone that it wasn't time, and they should put the stuff back, but it was too late. The 4-7 year old kids, on seeing the older kids make a break for it, also went. 30 seconds and thousands of eggs and prizes were gone.
We had gotten passes for the baseball game that day, and had about 2 hours before it started, so I took the kids to the cafeteria at the dorms. Emma and Ruth at giant waffles. I think they were all impressed at the food.
By the time we got to the baseball game, some of the kids were tired, we only made it half way through the game, but stayed long enough for them to all get to eat a giant freezer pop.
Next year, we're going back to a private Easter egg hunt...
2 comments:
LOL. I hear ya John. We always do them in the backyard thanks to a similar experience in NC. At least if Adults go berserk in your own yard you are allowed to shoot them.
The reason for the flood gates opening is that some parent thought that it would be funny to yell go at 10:15 and so he did. Once someone heard go, they were off. The thing that made me the maddest was that there were people walking around with plstic bags full of eggs and prizes and the parents telling them to get more.
Kevan
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