First Easter egg hunt!

Well, another first for the little Clark man. He attended his first egg hunt this morning at our community Health and Nutrition Fair. It was held at the high school football field. It was a cold start to the day...40 and windy when we left home. It began with a "parade" around the track following behind the marching band and dressed up characters. Then, it was followed by the egg hunt. (we cheated and put him in the age group below so that I could go on the field with him...only 2 and under could have a parent...his height has advantages at times..ha!)Anyway, since he had NO clue about egg hunts we figured he needed a little guidance. Boy was I completely WRONG! All I said was "see all the eggs, just picked them up and put them in your basket"...and off he ran...overflowing his basket. It was so cute. They announced that there were 2 golden eggs in each age group and the finders would win a bike! Well, I spotted the egg in the middle and point him in the right direction and off he ran...........right past it. So needless to say he didn't win the bike...I couldn't bring myself to be the mom that grabbed the eggs for my kid. However, after he finished gathering eggs we went down to watch Ali's age group and low and behold Ali started sprinting towards the golden egg and got it. She won a beautiful new bike and she was so thrilled. She outgrew hers, so it couldn't have been better timing! Her long legs are to her advantage sometimes. Let me tell you, nothing or NO ONE was coming between her and a free new bike! She is my child...free is a wonderful word! After some inflatable bouncy houses and a little train ride...we were off to check out the firetrucks. Clark was in heaven, as you can see by the pictures. He loved being inside the truck...he sat down proudly and quickly reached over and put on his seat belt. It was so funny...the fireman got a huge kick out it. He said "at least he knows how to put his seat belt on!" Then we checked out some helicopters and actually watched a life flight helicopter land right in front of us. All the kids loved watching that and sitting in them all. Ali's friend, Sierra, spent the night and joined us today. All I can say is.....GIRLS...and preteen girls at that. WEW...the giggling never stops and neither does the talk of all the boy bands that are out. I am including a picture of Ali's bedroom door...JONAS BROTHERS. For those of you with kids this age, you know who I am talking about. Ali loves their music...but claims she doesn't think they are cute. Ha, I am not buying it...but whatever!

Well, enjoy the pictures and have a great weekend...I am going to enjoy the rest of ours.

Dickinson egg hunt