The Zyriek Zoo: Easter Egg Hunt

Gary's mom arrived on Thursday night for the long Easter weekend. First activity on the list was for the girls to enjoy Good Friday off from school and with Gammy. The girls were interested in doing an Easter Egg Hunt and we had not even done a single one yet this year. All of the popular ones in town were going to be during Anna's soccer game on Saturday, so the hunt on the square in Collierville on Friday seemed like a good choice. Mom offered to drive the crew out to Collierville so Gary's mom would not get lost. The reports were that the weather was nice, the crowds were too big and the ladies organizing the hunts were not very organized. The hunts were by age group and as she would start a single age group she was say "Are we all ready" and so ALL the kids would go and hunt for eggs. Then they would make the kids that were the older ages put the eggs back. This went on 2x and got old fast! Anna ended up with only 4 eggs having to put back the golden egg she had found the first time. Not so fun but at least the girls had a good attitude. They then had to wait in line for a balloon animal. The grandmothers were very patient with this process. Maybe the Ladies Auxillary will have a better plan next year or be more organized. Maybe we can find a better solution next year ourselves!! The Botanic Gardens was great last year!! Hope did not have an egg hunt this year because they wanted to have a Spring VBS and have kids participate in a mission project instead of the hunt. Great idea and that is for a later blog post. Good start to Gammy's visit despite the craziness and the girls enjoyed the hunt plus lunch with their grandmothers.