The Life and Times of Charlie Shay

Last weekend, our neighborhood put on an easter egg hunt. The flyer said the 0-3's would start at 9:30, so to be sure we weren't late Jeff, Charlie and I got there around 9:15 and decided we would walk around the park and look at the ducks while we waiting for the hunt to start. Well, as soon as we set foot out of the car, the glistening eggs immediately caught Charlie's eye and off she went running to gather them all up. Of course, the hunt didn't end up starting until 10:00. So for 45 minutes we had to wrangle an 18 month old to keep her from running out and getting any eggs.

As people started arriving and kids started getting restless, the organizer told everyone we had to stay on this winding sidewalk before she said go. 10 minutes later, after kids are screaming and running out into the field and parents getting restless and impatient, they decided we had been through enough torture."Get ready!" We told Charlie to get her basket. "Get set!" We lined her up on the sidewalk and told her to get ready to run and get her eggs (i could feel the excitement building). "Go!" As all the hundreds of kids ran passed us, and Jeff and I were running out to the eggs in the field, I look back and Charlie Shay is just standing there........ staring like she just saw a ghost. Won't move. We keep telling her "Come on, get your eggs!!!"" Won't move!

After about 5 minutes I looked up, and each and every egg was gone! Charlie is still standing there wondering what the heck all these crazy people were doing! Jeff and I both just looked at each other and laughed. After all the waiting and build up, our little pumpkin just had fun watching everyone else take off and grab their eggs! Between the two of us, Jeff and I had grabbed two eggs each. So, at least we made off with four eggs. Charlie has so much fun with those 4 eggs. We hide them around our house and she loves looking for them!

I think Easter day we will have our own little easter egg hunt and she can grab as many eggs as she wants!! ;)