Easter Egg Scramble

This is Tim, Nicole wanted me to blog about our family today. Today the Knox Family went on our first ever Easter Egg Hunt to Hafer Park. Nathan's 3 and he is the perfect age to hunt plastic eggs in an open field with other toddlers. We had plans to stop by Target and pick up Easter Egg Baskets, but before getting the baskets we wanted to see how many people were at the park. An hour before the hunt was supposed to start there were so many people already at the park that we decided to not to get baskets and just use the Randy' M&M in our car. We parked the car and the boys were so excited to hunt eggs they could barely wait. There were so many people that we just followed the crowd without knowing where we were going. We ended up standing behind an orange rope with thousands of other people waiting for the signal to start hunting eggs. I had to hold Nathan back, he was so excited to pick up the eggs. As the announcer said it "go" you would have thought there was $100 in each egg. It was a mad dash with elbows flying. The toddlers just watched as their parents ran through the grass picking up as many eggs as possible like they were in the Olympic Games. Nathan stood there in the middle as adults ran by him, barely missing him. I didn't realize that the sign that said "Easter Egg Hunt for Birth - 5 years" really meant "Easter Egg Hunt for the Parents of Birth - 5 years". Nathan was able to pick up a few eggs during the stampede. We left with 3 whole eggs, several halves, and an experience we won't forget. Fortunately Easter is about so much more that eggs, bunnies, and nice clothes. This was a great reminder to for us as parents to be intentional about teaching our kids the reason we celebrate Easter.

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