Children hunt for Easter Bunny's treasures
By Kirsten Ballard
Published in News on April 5, 2015 1:50 AM
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Eli Edmondson, 7, keeps low to the ground as he hunts for eggs at Adamsville Baptist Church on Saturday.
kballard@newsargus.com
Easter festivities were in full swing at the Adamsville Baptist Church egg hunt.
The family-friendly event on Saturday had three bouncy castles, hula hoops, face painting, fishing and age-organized egg hunts.
There were 2,500 candy-stuffed eggs scattered across the back lot of the church at 1302 N. Berkeley Blvd. The hunts were divided into ages 0-2, 3-5, 6-9 and 10-12.
Pastor Dave Karn and his staff wanted to bring the community together to celebrate the holiday.
"We wanted something to get the family out and the children involved," he said.
But the children in attendance had a few misconceptions about Easter.
"It's Jesus' birthday," Emma Davidson, 3, said.
Her mom Stephanie laughed, "We've been working on it."
Emma was very excited about the egg hunt. She participated in the Seymour Johnson Air Force Base egg hunt prior to the Adamsville Church hunt.
Her favorite eggs are the brown, blue, purple and pink ones.
To Canaan Therrien, 3, Easter is about baby chicks.
He was very interested in finding the golden eggs.
Canaan ran from egg to egg, leaping into a squat to pick a plastic egg up and put it in his Transformers' bag.
Eli Edmondson, 7, is an old hand at egg hunts. Before the event started, he practiced maneuvers with his best friend, Lawson Adams.
At one point, Eli even tried holding the handle of his basket in his mouth.
"Then I could have two hands," he said.
Ultimately he decided to pick up eggs in a more traditional manner, using only one hand and no mouth.
He did know the story of Easter.
"It's Jesus' resurrection," he said.
However, he was stumped about origin of Easter eggs.
"Maybe from the Easter Bunny's factory?" he said with a shrug. He was not concerned, as long as they were full of candy.