Holy Herding Children Batman

It's almost easter. I still have to get to the store. I have done no easter bunny shopping. ahhhhhhhhhh

Today was the city egg hunt. When they do that, they usually advertise, then you go to the sports complex. (has 4 softball fields on it. We also have the youth soccer and football play on it) We took Kiddo, Big J, and his sister, Little Pixie. You show up with a bucket or basket. Figure out which half of which field your child will be on. (split into age groups) And each half (the halfs are fenced off with temporary fence) they have had tons of volunteers, fill plastic eggs and throw them out on the field. In some of the eggs are little tickets for the kids to win bigger prizes. Kiddo has one a big prize 3 times.

So...it usually is start at 9. They have a petting zoo, where the 4-H kids bring out, chickens, ducks, rabbits, goats, pigs, and a miniature horse. This year there was no petting zoo. Bummer. Then they also have games that the kids can win and go get a prize. Kiddo and big J got frisbee's and little balls that look like oranges. Little Pixie got a book. Then they also have balloons (which we didn't get this year, cuz the line was about 200 people long) They have firetrucks and ambulances out for everyone to look at. And a few police officers and one of the K-9 officers they do a demonstration with. They have Elmo, winnie the pooh, big bird, mcgruff the crime dog, and the easter bunny, for everyone to see. You can also for a small fee get pictures of your child with the easter bunny. I think I did that the first couple years we took kiddo. Now we don't anymore. At 10 on the dot. They start the egg hunt. So...about 9:50, Gigantor took Little Pixie down to her field for the hunt. Captain Daddy and I took Kiddo and Big J to their field. The hunt seems like it only last about 2.6 minutes. hehehehehe

The boys only got little prizes in their eggs, and Little Pixie got a ticket. So..she went and won a jewelry/key chain making kit. That was cool.

There was a huge crowd and tons of kids, but it was fun. One thing I really liked about this year. Is...they advertised it less than usual. It wasn't in the paper, and only on the radio once. So...all the outlying reservation towns didn't come in this time. I'm not trying to be overly rude. But...at these town functions, most the organizers only do enough stuff for towns people, and a few outlying area's. But when they are advertised really well. We get people from reservation towns, up to 100 miles away. It may sound awful, but they organize for about 5 to 6 hundred children, and then get anywhere from 4 to 6 that show up. But when all the towns from that far away show up, we end up with almost 1000 people or so. Then people miss out on things. Because there is never enough planning, parking, law enforcement, and courtesy for that many people. Their towns run their own activities too, so why they invade ours, sometimes gets a little trying on the nerves. Now something like or summer or fall festivals, I understand tons of people showing up from other towns, and they do prepare for that. But small little city functions, those are the one's that get over crowded.

It's like trick or treating each year. We hear advertisements on the radio about trick or treating on a few days before halloween, in some of the towns, and they then say that only their residents can attend. But they do it on different days, so they all can drive into our town and do it on halloween too. I think that is wrong. It's been that way for years and years, but it's still wrong. That is greedy to me. If you don't have a place to go and do activities, then by all means, drive into a place that has them. But if your town holds them also, and your small little town is now planning them around another towns, so everyone can go to multiple of the same thing. It think that is wrong.

Okay I'm done with my tangent. I'm gonna go..gotta go work on Captain Daddy's trailer some more.

Have a good weekend everyone!!!