We had a busy week here filled with Easter fun. On Wednesday and Thursday Reese had egg hunts at her schools along with Easter parties at both. A picnic lunch at one and a pizza party at the other. She had a blast at both.
Side note: Brynn had her 18 month check up at the doctor and we were told she’s TALL. As in VERY tall…as in sorry Reese but your little sister is going to be taller than you so you better stop bugging her now because you won’t have a fighting chance much longer.
Saturday, my friend Sarah and I thought it would be fun to attend a Helicopter Egg Drop we heard about that was taking place at Whataburger Field. A local Church put it on and it sounded like something the kids would enjoy. We didn’t fully think it through. We thought it was a good idea and so did everyone else in Corpus Christi that has children. Thank goodness Ryan went with us because if he had not we would have lost a child for sure. The third adult to help with two under 2 and three under 5 was required for sure. We were stunned at how many people showed up for this event. We then reminded ourselves that we live in Corpus and the event was free. You can do the simple thinking in your own head. Ryan, Sarah and I think that next year they should do the same event and charge a dollar per kid. You’d make money for the Church AND you cut the crowd down by half. The news said there were 6,800 people there.
The helicopter was supposed to drop eggs at 11, and the babies to aged 5 were supposed to begin at 11:20. We were still in line waiting in the mêlée for a LONG time. We finally were allowed on the field around noon, and they blew the whistle at 12:12. At 12:12 and 30 seconds the 15,000 eggs that were on the field were gone. Reese got 1, Brynn and Hank got 0 and Lucy and Lola found 2. Some parents were kind enough to only think of their children, and didn’t follow directions that were stated over the loud speaker that ONLY kids can pick up eggs. Some kids left with grocery bags full of bags. It was chaos. We all had fun, laughed at the craziness and the fabulous Corpus Christi-ites in attendance and swore we would never do it again.
However seeing a helicopter drop massive amounts of eggs down onto the field was pretty cool. The kids LOVED it.
patiently waiting…
egg drop
the field
Sunday we had our own egg hunt at home, where thankfully our kids got PLENTY of eggs to go around. 85 eggs total in the yard. Brynn got the hang of hunting in about 45 seconds and then she was off. Once she figured out how to open the eggs it was more of an eating frenzy than anything else.
Reese got a ton, and was thrilled with the hunt. Although I better get her eyes checked, because she’s either going blind or is in la la land because she’d walk right past many eggs and didn’t even notice it. She’s a funny kid that one.
The Easter bunny must have seen how sad their kiddie pool looked last weekend, so he brought the girls a new pool for the back yard. Reese was happy and eventually Brynn will figure out what it is and be happy too.
After hunting eggs we headed inside for my healthy Easter breakfast. Banana Blueberry French Toast. I made the bread last night and then turned the pieces into French toast this morning. It was fantastic, the bread was great. We have managed to hold off on the candy all day. The girls got candy eggs but also a lot of eggs with Goldfish and Honey Nut Cheerios inside as well.
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