Friyay!!!!!!!!

[mnj05]

Good luck @justinslovo, how you take 3 small children out alone is beyond me. Just two gets hectic.

I also need to grocery shop after DH gets home. Our local grocery store is closed Easter Sunday, when I usually do my shopping. I also should be doing laundry and packing to head home, but nope.

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forevermorgan and whoever else nearby is putting candy in eggs - it's going to be 80+ on Sunday, so you may want to pop those eggs in the fridge or freezer to give the chocolate a fighting chance of not being a melty mess.

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I'm so salty. We had a landscaper meeting this morning at 8AM, and my partner scheduled a meeting last night at 7, for 9AM today, so I had to leave about 10 min into it to make the train. She seems really nice and my husband is usually yard guy anyway, so I'm sure they'll be fine, I'm just so pissed about this last minute meeting.

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I did a bad thing yesterday. I underestimated the space between my sideview mirror and the two idiots standing in the street talking. You infer.

[kristhegirl]

Apr 14, 2017 7:13:59 GMT -5 forevermorgan said:

And tonight I'll be filling ~400 eggs for our Easter egg hung on Sunday morning. I usually do it the night before but we're having dinner with our neighbours and won't be home 'til late.

Is this for your family??

Elena will be hunting six (6) eggs.

[rachydc]

Headed up to NJ this afternoon. Praying for only slightly terrible traffic!

[kristhegirl]

Apr 14, 2017 7:41:01 GMT -5 @ceci8876 said:

I did a bad thing yesterday. I underestimated the space between my sideview mirror and the two idiots standing in the street talking. You infer.

"Oops."

[kristhegirl]

My husband told me last night that they hunted REAL EGGS as a kid. They decorated them an then the next day they hunted them. AND THEN THEY ATE THEM!!

What is this horrific madness?!?!

I said, "how long were they outside?!" They were at the very least inside-only, but the question of how long hard-boiled eggs were left at room temperature before being consumed could not be answered.

[tcck]

Both of my children are still sleeping! At 6 am! It's a Good Friday miracle!!!!
Our state testing starts on Tuesday so I am stressed trying to get everything done!
Easter is also my birthday this year! But we're still doing the normal egg hunt at my grandmas. I filled the eggs last weekend and my dad has them so he can hide them before we get there on Sunday. And because it's my birthday I don't have to cook anything! Score.

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We hunted for our decorated eggs as well when we were kids. I don't think we ate them after though. At least not that I remember.

[ashiscute]

Apr 14, 2017 7:45:59 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

My husband told me last night that they hunted REAL EGGS as a kid. They decorated them an then the next day they hunted them. AND THEN THEY ATE THEM!!

What is this horrific madness?!?!

I said, "how long were they outside?!" They were at the very least inside-only, but the question of how long hard-boiled eggs were left at room temperature before being consumed could not be answered.

We did this too. I don't eat hard boiled eggs but we hunted for real eggs. I assume my brothers ate them though.

Also, when I do plastic eggs now they do not ever have chocolate in them. I stick to goldfish, teddy grahams, jelly beans, money.

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I need to go to the grocery store today too. We are in charge of bringing fruit to H's family Easter. This year, they are doing a "come when you can". So...enough fruit to feed ~30 people anytime between 10-7. Because everyone is going to graze all day. This is going to be expensive.

[rach]

We also hunted real eggs as a kid. I loathe the smell of boiled eggs so no chance in hell I'm hiding them throughout my house. ::shudder::

I'm trying to catch up on email from 3 days of travel. Kids are out of school and I'm figuring work will die this afternoon too. I placed an order for online grocery pick-up this afternoon. Fingers crossed they have everything and I can avoid any in-store shopping! DNW to Easter shopping crowds.

[beepers]

@justinslovo any from the wicked good line at LL bean!

kristhegirl we also hunted real eggs (and candy not in plastic eggs) and ate them. No idea of the food safety rules that were followed or not.

[wells2010]

Yea I've heard the LLBean slippers areworth the money @justinslovo.

I also hunted for real eggs. I didn't even decorate them usually. My basket was hidden too. I also would get a ton of candy and I'd eat it all too quickly. Good thing I didn't get diabetes until I was older.

I need to shop today too. Right now I'm having fun hanging out with the girls. Hailey is demanding that I read the same book over and over!

[lonegalathome]

We hunted real eggs too. And ate them.

Ds2 was born on Good Friday so I'm having happy feels today.

More family fun today and a family birthday celebration for ds2 tonight. I'm an awesome mom and forgot his presents in Ohio. Oh well- he'll get grandparent and aunt uncle presents and we are going to dave and busters which in his mind is probably the only thing that matters.

[kristhegirl]

forevermorgan I'm almost 8 years younger than my husband, but I'm not young! I have never heard of hunting real eggs. Barf barf barf.

ETA not young for the board. 34 is on the older side of the average here.

[kristhegirl]

I wonder if this was more a function of my mom hating decorating eggs, tho.

[lovemyirishtwins]

We hunted for real eggs eggs as to my kids. We ate these eggs and still do. I make egg salad with them.

[kristhegirl]

I'm seriously slacking on Easter - half a dozen plastic eggs, no basket full of stuff. I don't even know what I'm putting in them yet, maybe like a Ritz cracker? If not that, I'll have to go to the store, too.

We are not hunting (ever!) or even decorating real eggs yet.

[lovemyirishtwins]

I had kindergarten roundup thus morning for ds. The school (not the one that dd1 currently goes to but in the same district) are really pressuring me to send her. What is their deal? I do not get it and I do not understand why they do not understand my apprehension. But if this becomes an issue...

[lonegalathome]

ewwww!

Ds2 "hey look what I found!! Uncle xxx did you kill this?"

look over- ds2 is holding a stiff dead squirrel.

Ahhhhh.....

[trebletrouble13]

Apr 14, 2017 7:45:59 GMT -5 kristhegirl said:

My husband told me last night that they hunted REAL EGGS as a kid. They decorated them an then the next day they hunted them. AND THEN THEY ATE THEM!!

What is this horrific madness?!?!

I said, "how long were they outside?!" They were at the very least inside-only, but the question of how long hard-boiled eggs were left at room temperature before being consumed could not be answered.

When I was a child we also hunted hard boiled eggs inside our house. We would dye them the day before, refrigerated them overnight, and my parents would hide them in the morning. I'm pretty sure they ate some, but I'm not a big fan of eggs so I did not. I'm pretty sure the eggs weren't out of the fridge for longer than a couple hours maximum.

[CoachTsWife]

I'm a decade older than @amc25 and we never hunted real eggs. Our parents hid wrapped candy eggs and plastic eggs filled with more candy in our living and dining rooms. I have never even heard of hunting real eggs!

I'm trying to figure this out. Was it cheaper? Regional? But I mean, eating real eggs is way healthier than eating candy....assuming they were safe to eat post-hunt, and all that.

[girlmom]

cornpop311 I buy second hand swimsuits at this age, so I say it's definitely fine. When they stop wearing swim diapers I tend to stick with new.

[kristhegirl]

Apr 14, 2017 8:50:57 GMT -5 lawandorder said:

Halp!

DS wants to know if the Easter bunny is "even real" because he looks just like a big stuffy and his eyes don't even close. They stay open like a stuffy.

When they ask for the truth, you tell 'em.

And then threaten them within an inch of their lives if they ruin the fun for anyone else.

[lonegalathome]

cornpop311 as a buyer of used cloth diapers- swimsuits are fine in my book. Can you go for walks and see if you can find them outside playing? I might just knock on each door and at the wrong house just say you picked the wrong corner Rhine and introduce myself.

[girlmom]

lawandorder How old is your DS? When my 4 y/o asks questions like this I usually stick to, "I don't know exactly, what do you think?" Or that it might not be the real Easter Bunny (or Santa Claus), just one of the helpers. At her age I'd like to hold onto the magic a little longer, but at some point my answers will probably change. At this point I just kind of play dumb and send it back to her.

[mnj05]

+1 to hunting real eggs. My cousin (when she shows up) still brings them. She'll eat them, I won't, but I'm sure I did as a kid.

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J15 law types lawandorder and I can't remember who else sorry don't beat me

The guy did not want me to call the police. I asked if he needed to go to the hospital, he said no. He moved his arm around. I yelled at them for standing in the street and then gave them hugs!
Can I get in trouble?