Imagine a park filled with 15,000 eggs! Easter came a little early for Max and Delaney...Jeff and I took them to Detweiller Park because the Jaycees hosted a monster egg hunt. I bumped into an old colleague of mine from WMBD who's in the Jaycees club and she said they rolled out 15,000 plastic eggs for the kids to find! It was amazing to see the swarm of hundreds of kids racing around in the cold, rainy weather to gather candy-filled eggs. Max was thrilled to have gathered 70 eggs of his own! Each of the kids also won a prize of a little basket and bunny.
This Easter egg event is apparently among the largest in Central Illinois...normally they even have carnival games and Fun-on-the-Run rides...but with the bad weather they weren't able to offer all those options to the kids. Nonetheless, they had a blast!
You know Easter eggs are a symbol of life in many countries, and of course, in the United States, the Easter egg hunt is a popular festive activity. I think it's such a fun tradition that brings joy to so many children...but I also hope in the midst of all the fun, we don't lose the true meaning of Easter as we honor the death and resurrection of Christ.
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