Current mood: happy
Easter is just around the corner now and Menifee (where we live) is celebrating it early!!! Adrian happened to be browsing around the internet when he came across a website that mentioned that they would be having a Easter Egg hunt AND pictures with the Easter Bunny this Saturday (today) down the road from our house! The event was FREE and was hosted by the local Mortuary. Ya I know!!!! At first I thought she would be hunting eggs within the cemetary itself, but it wasn't haha The event started at 10am so we all made plans to get up bright and early so we wouldn't miss out.
My Dad was still in town so he got to come with us, which was a HUGE treat for all of us. After running around a bit in the morning to get ready, we zoomed off to the Egg Hunt site.
There was literally about 100+ kids and parents there! A HUGE turn out! Bigger than we expected for our tiny little town. We got there just in time too! The event was just about to start. There were two big hay fields filled with eggs. One side was for the older kids, and the smaller side was for the little ones. The little ones had to be at least 2. Mia isn't two yet but she looks like three so we got away with it! haha
Daddy was going to go into the patch with Mia while Grandpa and I stood on opposite sides of the hay ready to take pictures. A loud voice came over the loud speaker getting people prepared for the count down... 5...4...3..2..1.. GO!!!
A massive horde of grabby little kids and parents jumped over the hay stacks and ran into the field. Mia was right behind them. Daddy and Mia tore apart all the hay and found TONS of eggs! The whole area was filled with screaming kids and Mia was right in the middle of it all finding little eggs and putting them in her Elmo basket.
When the hunt was over we got her out of the hay and had her walk around a bit. She was all proud of all the treasure she found and would not let her basket go for nothing!!! Then we happened to run into the Easter Bunny himself!!! Mia saw him and just stood there motionless. I told Mia to give the Easter Bunny a hug and after a bit of hesitation at first... she slowly went over to the Bunny and gave him a hug!! Awww!!!! Then she took off with her Basket filled with Egg loot and found a nice little grassy spot to sit down and play with the Eggs. Her Grandpa followed her while Adrian and I tried to figure out what we would do next.
As I walked back to where my Dad and Mia were I happened to get there right as this reporter walked up to them. She wanted to take Mia's picture for the local newspaper!! So we all stood together and took and picture together. That was a nice surprise. Afterwards we had Mia take another picture with the Easter Bunny (which was also FREE!) and we headed off to our next destination... another Easter Hunt place down the road in the Albertson's shopping center!
Albertsons was hosting a HUGE event right outside their store. They had booths, food, balloons, face painting, egg painting, petting zoo, jump for joy and yes another egg hunt!!!! We walked around a bit and to our luck we happened to just make it in time for their egg hunt too!!! But before that Mia was given a balloon which she loved!!! Unfortunately the balloon got away from her and she literally went running down the parking lot chasing it. She felt bad until another lady saw her without a balloon and gave Mia hers...awww how sweet! This time we tied it to her Easter basket so it wouldn't get away.
Their Easter Egg hunt was similar to the last one we just went to. They also had a hay lot full of plastic eggs and they also sectioned it so only the little ones find eggs together and the bigger kids go later. This time Grandpa wanted to help Mia find eggs. So Daddy stood on one side of the hay, I on the other, both armed with cameras.
This hay area was much smaller than the other one and there was a TON of kids! Soon the voice came over the loud speaker and everyone got ready. Anxious little ones, holding their baskets were eager to dive into the hay. Mia was right there in the middle of it all the madness waiting as well! Then it was time to go and ZOOM! all the kids barreled out into the hay.
Grandpa and Mia pushed their way into the hay and found a nice spot to find eggs! Mia was looking all over with the help of Grandpa and they found a few eggs together! YAY! Mia even tried to steal an egg from a little kid!!! haha Soon all the eggs were gone and the hunt was over. Mia was all proud of her new stash and carried her Elmo basket proudly.
Soon music started playing and Mia and her Grandpa shared alittle Easter Egg dance! We all were having so much fun. Then we noticed the petting zoo so we took Mia over there to check it out. They had ducks, baby chicks, a chicken and rabbits running around. Mia went inside with her Grandpa and immediately ran over to the baby chicks in the bucket. She pointed at them happily and jibber jabbered to them. Then my Dad brought her over to a sleeping bunny in the corner. Mia got a kick out of petting the rabbit then of course she stood up and kicked it!!!! OH NO!!!! We quickly took her away from the bunny, sanitized her hands and left!
We then went home to rest a bit, however, the celebration was not over yet!!! Grandpa Easter Bunny surprised her with a HUGE Easter basket full of goodies from himself and Grandma!!! Mia was shocked by it and quickly dove inside the plastic to retrieve her goodies. She got a small dog that you could dress up in clothes, a purse and of course CANDY!!!! She had a blast opening her basket!
Overall today has been awesome... lots of fun. Though it was a bit on the warm side, I was still feeling sick and all of us being tired it was well worth it. I had so much fun and I can't wait to do it again!!!
