While waiting for the race to start and for the awards ceremony, Nico was entertained by riding some of the mechanical horses, running around the old stockyards, meeting a cowboy Easter Bunny, and petting and visiting with the horses and Shetland ponies and the goats that were there.
After the race, we walked down the street, remaining in the Stockyards, to participate in an Easter egg hunt. Luckily Auntie Lisa and David were there and we had a place to stand and wait for the hunt to begin because there was quite a crowd. Due to the crowd and the space allotted for Nico's age group, the egg hunt lasted only minutes. I think Nico may have been a little apprehensive once the crowd really set in and the hunt started, but he knew what the objective was, did a great job and still had fun. Next year I am thinking that we may go back to the egg hunt we took Nico to last year or find one that is a little bit more organized and little less crowded.
For the rest of the Easter eve, Nico and Mommy made Easter cupcakes and then Nico was able to experience his first year of dyeing Easter eggs! When we told him he was going to be coloring eggs, I could tell this did not make a lot of sense to him. After a couple of minutes, I KNEW he needed some more information. Nico was at his coloring table using crayons to color his candy eggs he had gotten earlier in the day! Nico got the hang of dyeing eggs and now understands that the Easter Bunny is coming tonight to hide the eggs he made so that he can go out and find them tomorrow.
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