Frankly Speaking: Kathy Funk's Egg Hunt Extravaganza

My Mom has a sort-of reputation when it comes to Easter egg hunts. I can't remember exactly when it started, but I remember them being more elaborate hunts from the time I was about 11 or 12. Some eggs had money and some had raffle tickets. The tickets corresponded to a different 'larger' gift found inside the house on a gift table. (Things like videos, clothing, make-up, etc.)

As we got older, the hunts changed from raffle tickets to specific eggs that needed to be found by each egg hunter. (Let me interject here and say we have ALWAYS had an egg hunt, even when we were in college and had no young children around.)

Most hunts include a post-it with a personalized list for each hunter.

For example, John might need to find:

one large blue egg
one that looks like a football
three small orange eggs
one egg shaped like a jelly bean
one extra large green egg

The eggs will then have a note inside with a specific gift for that person or they might have a number that corresponds to the order you will get to choose from the gift table or basket of gifts.

Like I said, elaborate.

My Mom has gotten this reputation for being over-the-top with the egg hunt rules. It is all in good fun, but we tend to poke fun at said rules... asking her to elaborate on what would be considered a large egg vs. an extra large egg; debating the difference between blue, light blue, and royal blue; etc.

If you know my Mom, you know that the jokes don't break her spirit at all. She thouroughly enjoys giving, so shopping for gifts and creating the whole hunt are a project she takes great pride in. We all look forward to hearing the year's egg hunt rules on Easter and seeing what she has in store for us.

As you can see below, this year she had a clipboard and a megaphone. Claire was yelling at everyone to tell the the hunt was over. ;-)