An Early Easter Egg Hunt
29 March 2010
I don’t often blog about McKenna, because I’m guessing she fascinates me, my husband and maybe a handful of others. But we took McKenna to her first Easter Egg hunt on Saturday, and I just can’t resist talking about it.
It was at my husband’s work, and they had to move it into the parking garage because it was drizzly and windy outside. 300ish kids were there, and they had spread 8,000 eggs across the first floor of the garage. And somebody in charge obviously had taken their kids to other egg hunts in years past, because they were smart enough to stagger releases, so 2 and under got to go first, then 3 and 4 year olds, etc.
When the siren blew, with a little encouragement from us, McKenna headed out to pick up some eggs. I think she had about two in her basket when the 3 and 4 year olds came out, and maybe three in her basket by the time everyone else was released. Within a minute, all the kids except McKenna, and I mean all the kids except McKenna had moved deep into the garage, so far away they were just background noise.
And there was my daughter, picking up all the eggs the other kids had skipped over. She didn’t care at all that none of the other kids were around, or that it was cold and windy, she was totally absorbed with her task.
Ben and I have often observed that, if we have a large group of people over, McKenna usually wanders into the next room to play. Even when they’re all people she adores. She loves when people come to visit, but she won’t often stick around where everybody is. It’ll be interesting to see if this tendency she has to separate herself will stick around. I think this has to be one of the coolest parts of parenting, watching their personalities and interests develop as they age.
McKenna left with about 30 eggs in her basket, and so much candy that I’ve taken it upon myself to help her out a bit. She never whined or jostled or compared her loot to any of the other kids. I left feeling very proud of her, and quite happy to get into the warm car.
That’s so cool! Xoe’s very competitive, which emerged last year or so. She, when in a group, reaches a point where she just goes and sits down by herself for a few minutes. It’ll be interesting to see how Rowyn does this year at the egg hunt at the farm. 200 eggs and about 8 kids. Oy!
Posted by Roseanna White on 29 March 2010