Orangeburg Easter Egg Hunt

On Saturday, we traveled to Orangeburg to spend time with Joey's family and attend the Annual Easter Egg Hunt. I will try my best to explain the scale of this event. The pictures will show some of what I'm talking about but you cannot get the full effect unless you've been. I've heard about this for many years but have never been until this year. A little background first. This family in Orangeburg started this Easter Egg Hunt 14 years ago with the birth of their first grandchild. It's free and open to the public. They live out in the country on the most gorgeous land complete with a pond and immaculate landscaping.

As we cross through the gates of the large brick wall that surronds the property, my mouth just dropped. It was absolutely beautiful with Easter decorations everywhere and a bridge you cross to get over to the fun stuff. I don't even know where to begin to describe the neat things they had. I'll just run through them. They had ducks for the children to hold, baby chicks, bunnies, a merry-go-round, pony rides, a bouncy house and face painting. They also had cake and ice cream, skittles, mini candy bars, and punch. Then they of course there was an Easter egg hunt set up but not just one. They had it organized by age group and each one was on a different part of the property.

Carlysle had a blast! And so did Mommy. I had the best time watching her holding the little chicks and bunnies. Well, I say "holding" them. She actually kept squeezing them because she has several stuffed toys that when you squeeze their tummy, they make a noise. And one of them is a duck. So we couldn't let her "hold" them for very long because that would have been a very tramatic Easter for some children if they had watched Carlysle squeeze one of the cute chicks to death. Also, there is a toy duck at Target that she loves, it's one of those "Fur Real" toys. This one's little mouth is open and you squeeze the bottom part of it's beak and tongue together, it quacks. She just giggles and giggles (so of course Mommy and Daddy bought it for her easter basket). So the first thing she did when saw the ducks was try and squeeze it's beak to make it quack. It was hilarious. We had so much fun. Can't wait to go back next year.

On our way to the Easter Egg Hunt

Ok, let's play a game....."Which person in the picture doesn't belong on the tiny Merry-Go-Round?

Here is some video of Carlysle with the Bunnies:

And here is some video of Carlysle with the baby chicks, watch the part when she stands up and is holding a baby chick by it's neck. We'll have to teach some better lessons about being gentle
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