The Guardian carries the news that the incoming food merchandising laws from this definitely-not-nanny-state Goverment means that in future shoppers will have to go on an Easter Egg hunt to find their chocolatey Paschal comestibles.
Of course, the Beaker Folk are way ahead of the game. Which is why the Little Pebbles have today been enjoying their first-ever Easter Carrot Hunt.
We've developed quite a nice back-story. That the Easter Bunny has been dropping carrots around the Lower Meadow, and the children have to go around with their wicker carrot baskets, collecting the tasty treats. Meanwhile Hnaef, Burton Dassett and Yardley Hastings had the job of pulling the Magical Carrot Cart around the community grounds, dispensing additional carrots.
OK. The Magical Carrot Cart idea went west when Hnaef had the idea of using it as a go cart. Smashed to pieces. The carrot, that is. Weirdly, it crash-landed next to an old man and much younger woman, who insisted they hardly knew each other.
But I was so looking forward to the children, relishing their natural and healthy snacks.
They've been crying for three hours now. If the little gets don't come to terms with this new tradition quickly, I'll have to send Young Keith to Tesco.
My first reaction to the picture was that the Easter hunt this year was for UXBs.
ReplyDeleteEaster Egg hunts are a blast from the past, unless you are a Children and Youth Worker, where it is a key entertainment function, gathering families (who escort their children) to find Kinder Eggs liberally concealed around the church or churchyard. Fortunately we don't have such a person, so a basket of eggs at the information desk is the best we can do.
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