I'm going to tell you what we did last Saturday, and you're going to be thinking, "Wow, that sounds like so much fun!" But it really wasn't. As I was pulling up (single mom style) I thought to myself, "Why am I here?!"
It was an Easter egg hunt, or Egg Drop. What seemed to be billions of people gathered at a local park and a helicopter flew over and dropped empty plastic eggs onto several different fields. When the time arrived, the kids ran and gathered their eggs. They could then go exchange them for candy, but we never got that far.
As Jansen and Natalie's group got the okay to start gathering, all the parents swarmed in as well and suddenly all children were lost. I grabbed Jansen's hand and we swam through all the people as I searched for Natalie's pink shirt. I had written my name and phone number on her wrist band and was getting pretty sure that was going to come in handy, but then I spotted her. Waving at people as she strutted down the field. Not a care in the world. I grabbed her hand too and we beelined for the car so we could avoid the traffic home. I stopped at McDonald's and told the kids they could trade their eggs in to me for an ice cream cone.
And so that is the tale of our first and last Egg Drop.
4 comments:
Yeah, I considered going too, I would have been single as well, but then I remembered, any family event here in town is much needed and EVERYONE goes because it is the only annual family activity to go to! It's kind of sad that way here in Vegas...
I really dislike those community sponsored egg fests. It's always a mad rush, it's not actually FUN, it's just gimme gimme gimme eggs and the parents seem to be just as bad! They want to make sure that their kid gets enough eggs. Gah. Those things give me anxiety. We don't go either. :)
Why must we be punished for trying to be good mom's? All you wanted to do was show your kids a good time. Your description of the event was classic though.
You are daring! I wouldn't even have made it as far as you did. Fun idea, but not as a single mom.
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