Yesterday was Lake Jackson's City Easter Egg Hunt at the park! We were so excited to take Kendall to hunt eggs for the first time, but we really weren't sure how she was going to do. They have it broken up into different areas by ages, and if your kids are walking, they don't let you go out and help them. So we really didn't know if Kendall would understand what she was supposed to do. We tried to practice at home some with her basket, but that didn't go so well.
On our way to the hunt!
The hunt started at 5:30 SHARP! So we got there super early so we wouldn't miss it. Randy is on the Parks and Rec Board for the city of LJ, so he was there before us volunteering and helping make sure people didn't get out in the hunting areas early. We had to wait awhile with our friends. Kristin and Blake, Holly, Aaron, Ethan and Ella, and Mary, Nathan and Sarah were all there waiting with us. The kids could see all the eggs and didn't understand why they couldn't just run out there and get them! 
When they finally blew the horn to let the kids go, Kendall ran out there and then just froze! She wasn't crying, she was just standing there staring at one egg, frozen for a long time! It was so funny! Randy was able to be out there because he was helping, so when he walked over to her, she started crying, I guess because she got overwhelmed by all the kids. It was pretty funny. She calmed down quickly and when Randy put her down, she found one egg. Just one! And she was so proud of that one egg.
Notice she doesn't have her basket. It was just too much to think about to carry the basket AND go after the eggs. Maybe in all our Easter festivities this weekend she will get that part down.
We wanted to get a picture with Kendall sitting in the Easter bunny's lap, but the line was super long and we had our college small group to get home for. So, we posed next to him. We just knew that we would wait in that long line and then get up there and she would cry like she did with Santa. Maybe next year!
(It was very windy!)
4 comments:
What a fun Easter egg hunt. I'm so proud of you for finding an egg! You look so cute and like such a big girl. Peeps and I wish we could have been there to see it. We love you little bunny!
You make me smile so much! I am also very much enjoying how much your dad is enjoying that one egg!
Oh Kendall! You look so big and happy! Your Aunt Alden and I completely understand....keeping up with a basket AND looking for that special egg is just too much to think about! I can't wait for you to show me that special egg someday. Thanks, Mom and Dad, for letting us see your fun day!
looks like she was having fun! and very successful!!!!
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