As in most years, we had our annual Easter Egg hunt. With more grandkids each year, the event starts to take on new proportions. This year I numbered all of the 150 plastic eggs and George devised the plan for hiding the eggs. He, Bump and Pat had maps George had prepared from aerial views on Google (though a little outdated) and each of them had a group of numbered eggs and an assigned area to hide them in. Kids were released in waves by age (youngest first, of course) to scour the backyard for the eggs. After the tally, we were missing one "golden egg" (with money inside) and about 3 other eggs. The kids did a final search and found the missing golden egg after much hunting. Tyler came up with M2 and the $10 for his efforts. Harry gave some "rules" which we expected nobody to follow. They were not "serious" rules but some of the kids took it to heart. Things like, "If you see some eggs that are really easy to find, just leave them there so that Uncle John can find them." We had to dispel that rule and encourage the kids to pick up the ones out in plain sight by the house. Nice to see such principled grandkids. The kids were also encouraged to make up their own rules. Logan said that nobody should take eggs out of someone else's basket and all agreed that was a good rule.
Pat and Amber needed to leave Saturday late afternoon, but the rest stayed overnight and we took up a whole bench at church. George stayed home with Seth who had some major intestinal issues so we were missing a few. I would have to say "a good time was had by all." I would also say that grandpa and I were so tired that we took a 2 hour nap late afternoon yesterday after everyone had departed. I am not used to that level of activity and I guess it's a sign of getting old.
