Eggstravaganza coming to Redmond

I can't tell you how excited my kids are that the City of Redmond's Eggstravaganza is just around the corner.

This annual event, held at the Redmond Senior Center on March 22nd, is a big hit at our house. Sure the Easter Bunny visits my kids at home and leaves them baskets of goodies in the back yard next to her hole. And of course we decorate eggs with stickers, crayons and dye that takes days to get scrubbed off my kitchen table. But nothing beats heading down to be with our neighbors and friends hunting eggs with candy inside for the little ones.

The first time we went, we paid for the Traditional Hunt and Pancake Breakfast that is held inside the Senior Center from 8am to 11am and put on by our local Lions Club. This year, it'll be in Classroom #24361, but in the past years that we've been to this event, we've just headed to the actual hunt at 10am (SHARP) and slept in a bit. (Around our house, the Easter Bunny wakes up very early to put those baskets near her dug out hole with the chewed up carrots. Then after she's done, she goes back to bed!) I also like that the "hunt" is held in an open area so I can see where the kids are at all times while I'm having a conversation with the other parents that are there.

After the hunt, we head inside (admission is $5 for kids and $7 for adults) for some face coloring, arts and crafts and games. And who can resist a photo with Mr(s) Bunny ($3 donation) to send back home to the grandparents? It sure beats the photos at Bellevue Square Mall that start at $19!!! Last year they started a Flashlight Hunt and Family Dance from 7pm to 10pm, also at the Senior Center, but our little ones are just to young for such an event.

Thanks to Jill and the City for providing such a great non-religious event that my family can take pleasure in and giving us a chance to see the community come out to enjoy the day. To learn more about the Eggstravaganza, visit the City of Redmond's website and we'll see you there! Rain or shine.

Koloud 'Kay' Tarapolsi
Co-Author, Overlake Neighborhood