Do the Easter Twist
The new family twist on the old egg hunt tradition, that is.Our cousin egg hunt has evolved over the years. First it was candy. Then it was candy plus $1 bills. Then one year, someone walked away with all the $1 bills and next year there were eggs with names so everyone got a bit of green. We got older. We graduated from high school, college, law school, married... and yes, still hunting eggs outdoors. By now though, it was the survival of the fittest as eggs contained varying amounts of $1 bills. There was the one year eggs contained cruise tickets, but we kids were pretty disappointed once we realized they were for the parents.
This year the egg hunt was spelled B-I-N-G-O. (Who plays bingo at Easter? We do apparently. So weird.) At first, I was super pumped because I thought this is a much more fair way to play. No bumping into the ground, no stealing eggs out of each other's baskets, no "little" cousins walking away with all the $20 simply because they play soccer and can outrun you. It was fun for a while, then the novelty wore off quickly when I stopped winning. Such a bummer.
Sorry, Grandma. I think I prefer the mad dash. It's tradition. But, now that there are little ones in the family again, I guess it's time for the new generation to discover the pains and joys of Easter egg hunts. They were good times.
2 Comments:
Shannon, I'm with you. I vote for the traditional Easter egg hunt of course with money and cruise tickets enclosed! (Glad to see that you have rejoined the blogging world we have missed you!) Aunt K
Shannon, if we are going to have
an Easter Egg Hunt next year, I will leave the organizing to the
middle generation. Running out of
ideas. In a couple of years, we
can start back with the egg hunt.
The little ones won't be big
enough next year unless you want to adopt some four year olds.
Whatcha' think?
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