This morning we took Miles to the Provo City Easter Egg Hunt. What an adventure! I think there were like a million and one people there. Miles loves to run and so I was nervous the entire time that we might lose him in the sea of people, but Dave did a great job of keeping track of him.
Miles just doesn't understand things yet and the concept of waiting in line for forever to get to slide down the bouncy slide one time wasn't something he could grasp. He also couldn't understand why he had to wait behind a white line for 15 minutes before he could run out onto the field to pick up Easter eggs. Needless to say it was a rough 1 1/2 hours for mom and dad.
He LOVES to throw fits these days and was pretty much screaming bloody murder most of the time we were there. I just don't know how to handle situations like that except for maybe not putting him in situations like that until he understands better??? I don't know...
Overall I think he had fun though. He got to play on a firetruck, slide down a bouncy slide, see some baby animals, see the Easter Bunny and Zippy the Chipmunk (Provo Parks and Recreation Department's mascot), play on the playground equipment, hunt for five eggs, run all over the park, and throw a few temper tantrums along the way.
He was a little scared of being up so high
He wanted to go up and down over and over again
The line for a picture with the Easter Bunny was too long so we tried to get a picture with Zippy instead. He gave him a hug and a high-five, but would not stand there for a picture.
Miles' favorite thing to do at a park
Looking at the animals (again the line was too long to actually go inside to pet the animals)
Waiting patiently for the hunt!
Only one parent was allowed to help the child and they were only allowed to pick up five eggs total. The parents also weren't allowed to touch the Easter eggs.
He was getting frustrated that he couldn't get the egg open
We'll have a less stressful/low-key (hopefully) Easter celebration as a family tomorrow!
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