Bad Egg

Guess who got the Vaseline egg AGAIN?  To make things even funnier, it was the very first egg she opened.

Late in the day on Easter Sunday we held the big kid egg hunt   Mr. TOF was still napping, and that’s OK because he doesn’t really understand the concept of money and coupons, which is what the eggs were filled with.  The vaseline filled “rotten egg” from last year was so much fun that we had to resurrect it again this year.  I fear it has now become one of our traditions.  Dr. Peds went outside in the still deep snow to hide 30 eggs.  We told the kidlets they could have 10 eggs each and sent them out in the cold wind to search.  After not too much time and just a little bit of help, they were back inside with 29 eggs (the last still hasn’t been found).  The eggs were opened, the coupons were read, and the spirited trading began.  Back and forth went the most valuable coupons.  Sometimes the coupons were accompanied by coins as they were barted back and forth.  Every coupon has a different value to each kidlet, of course. Some people really want extra computer time, and some people really want to borrow mom’s socks, for example.  Some people need a free pass for unpacking their lunch box, some people want a day free of chores, and still others need a get out of trouble free card.   And actually, one person really wanted that vaseline egg because they had chapped lips.  Dr. Peds and I sat back and watched the  long frenzy.