When you have kids, little holidays like Easter become much grander events.  Much like Christmas, it is a commercial holiday that does more for driving the economy then spreading the particular message that was originally intended.  That is fine, as most holidays exists more for the gradification of a particular group then spun so the masses can digest it.  The masses in this case are children because they don't understand the deep undertones of the original idea to begin with.  The winners in most of these endeavors are the retailers who make bundles on the unconcious need to purchase little nick nacks and so forth to mark the occasion.  Back to my original point.

    Now that we have little ones, it is not just a day in which candy is given and maybe the occasion egg coloring party.  Now it is a full time production of how many easter egg hunts can the kids participate in and to what degree of success will be found.  You spend hours getting ready and waiting for the hunt to begin where a full minute later, the festivities have climaxed and the kids have finished claiming all of the eggs in the hunt area.  Of course this year, Jordan was pretty amped up about it and Justice seemed pretty interested until the buzzer sounds and the masses of children and herds of parents rush upon the field in search of the prize egg. Because that is what keeps the parents interested.... finding the prize egg for their child.  So much they gallop across the field searching with their kids in tow, missing the point of the exercise entirely.  For what? A stuffed duck?  

   I guess it does have its merits, Jordan likes it and after the initial onslaught of prize minded parents and giddy kids, Justice likes to slowly pick up what ever was missed.  At the end, Jordan shares some of her plunder so that he can pick up a few more on the ground and feel apart of the fun.  Then it is on to the next easter egg hunt!

Hope everyone had a nice Easter!