Skip to main content

Elmhurst Easter Egg Hunt 2011

On Saturday, we went down to Wilder Park as a family for the Annual Easter Egg Hunt.  Fortunately for us (and Eloise), the Park District breaks down the kids into different age groups - mostly to avoid trampling and such.  We were in the 1-3 age group and had SO much fun.  Nat has other photos and likely better ones, but I'll let her post those at a later date.
The Easter Bunny was there - standing in the middle of the circle of kids.  He counted down and then everyone ran in to grab as many eggs and pencils as they could. 
Eloise jumped right in and charged after the eggs.  Unfortunately, the Park District had some spring-colored cones lining the outside of the circle to mark where we needed to stay back from at the beginning.  Those proved too attractive to our daughter and she tried to pick up as many of those as she could.
Eventually she got the hang of it and started to pick up the eggs and pencils that were laying at her feet. 
She ended up picking up 4 eggs and 4 pencils - ALL BY HERSELF! 
After the hunt, we hung around Wilder Park for an hour and played on the playground equipment and generally tuckered Eloise out.  For a first-timer at an Egg Hunt, I'd say she did pretty well.  All those toddlers out there better watch out next year!

Comments

Popular posts from this blog

2023 - Our Year In Review

Well, hello there.  By now, you've received our holiday card, spotted the url on the back and decided to come check out what's doin' on here.  Before, I get into the Year In Review, I'd like to acknowledge one item and call attention to an omission on our (giant) card.   First, they can't all be 'bangers' as the kids say.    Our Griswold-inspired Paris card last year that was art directed, costumed and created by Nat is pretty hard to beat.  This year, we stuck with the full-family photo on the front, but in a much less funny way.  And, second, the omission.   I was told (by leadership) that there "wasn't room" - on the back of the card - to offer our kind regards to those who celebrate Festivus.  That oversight has been made right with the amended corrected back-side of our card you can see below: Now, on to the 2023 Year in Review for the Parrillos. Milestones and Birthdays We have, somehow, a teenager (8th grade), an 11-year-ol...

2024 - Our Year in Review

Hi there.  By now, you've received our annual Christmas card and were curious enough to come visit this here spot on the Web to see what's doing.  Good news for you:  plenty was 'doin' with the Parrillo family this past year.  But, before we get into our Year in Review, I'd first like call attention to a couple things with our 2024 Christmas card.   While we will always have a hard time topping our Griswold-family-inspired card from 2022 , this year's card includes something novel:  artificial intelligence.   And that's fitting, right?  2024 sure seems like the "Year of AI".   The AI at play here is courtesy of Google Photos and their AI Magic Eraser.  Say goodbye, trampoline in the background.  Replaced with grass and trees.  Magic, indeed. Secondly....related to this year's card, I'd like to acknowledge an omission.  For the second year in a row, I've been told by "Leadership" that there simply isn't room ...

2022 - Our Year In Review

Well...hello there.  2022 was a banner year in the Parrillo household.  We had new experiences.  New growth.  New emotions.  And new fun.  Together as a family.  There's nothing more a guy like me could want:  three strong, independent and kind kids.  And the best leader-of-the-pack in Nat anyone could imagine.   Now...on to that Christmas card.  By now, you've already received it in the mail and that's why you're here.  I'm sure you saw the photo.  And, you either laughed.  Or....wondered what the heck is going on? I'm certain that *some* of you are in on the joke, right?  This was a little moment of joy in 2022 when Nat surprised us all with these embroidered berets right on the spot in Paris this Summer.  What's the inspiration?  None other than Clark and Ellen and family on their trip to Europe in the 1980's. Alright...now with the yucks out of the way, let's talk about 2022.  Despite my b...