We had a very non-traditional Easter this year due to the Coronavirus. My sister got the idea to “egg” our house from a friend. She hid eggs in our front yard and left a note on our porch with some Lysol spray and cookies. We were so surprised, the kids loved it! Mackenzie wanted to pay it forward and “egg” a couple of her friends. I went to the store and got all of the stuff. We got each family a box of tissues, a 500 piece puzzle and some snacks to go along with the candy filled eggs. Mackenzie was all for filling the eggs and choosing which family got which puzzle. But when it came time to leave, she panicked. She is a VERY nervous person by nature, so I should have expected this. We drove to the first family’s neighborhood and Mackenzie says, “ I think this is her street.” I turn. We drive to the end of the street and she says, “I think that one is her house.” I said “ what do you mean you think? How do you not know which house it is?” She told me that she’s only been to this friends house a couple of times during the day. She noticed her friends car parked between the house she thought was hers and another house. We went with her gut instinct and chose the original house she pointed out. We parked around the corner and I gave Mackenzie the eggs to hide while I put the other stuff on the doorstep. Mackenzie kept reminding me that her friends dad is a police officer and would probably shoot us if we got caught. I told her I was pretty sure he would ask a couple questions first! It took me less than a minute to set the stuff on the doorstep. I turned around to help Mackenzie hide the rest of the eggs and saw her running back towards to car full speed. She had already hid all of the eggs. I saw one on her friends back car window and one in a bush, but didn’t see the others. Mackenzie promised she hid them well. Off to the second house. This house was a corner house and one we’ve been to many times so we already had a game plan. Mackenzie hid the eggs and I crawled by the garage and slid the puzzle and other items onto the doorstep trying to avoid setting off their Ring doorbell camera. After we left, Mackenzie texted her friends to go outside. At first, we were going to let it be a surprise, but Mike pointed out with everything going on right now, it might be better to let the families know it was from Mackenzie and was safe. After leaving the second house, we decided to go back to the first house and try to watch them find the eggs. We parked on the side street and had a clear view of the house. Mackenzie texted her friend again asking her to go outside. Her friend texted back and said “I did, why?” Mackenzie asked if she saw anything on her doorstep. Her friend said no. As Mackenzie is reading me the text from her friend, we see the garage door of the house NEXT to the house we left the stuff at open. Mackenzie panicked and whispered repeatedly “We did the wrong house! We did the wrong house! We did the wrong house!” My first thought was “oh, shit” followed by telling Mackenzie to tell her friend to check her neighbors doorstep. She said “No, we have to go move it all!” A car pulled out of the garage and drove away. The house we “egged” remained dark. Mackenzie’s friend texted and said her mom got the stuff off the porch and they were waiting for her little sister to get home to hunt for the eggs. We did the right house after all! I laughed until I cried and Mackenzie was sure she was going to have a heart attack. She would make a terrible criminal! We headed home and within minutes of being home one friend after another called Mackenzie because they couldn’t find all of the eggs!
Easter morning was pretty normal. I made the kids pancakes shaped like bunnies and they got their Easter baskets. My parents (who live literally next door) came over for coffee and to see what the Easter bunny left. Everyone took a nap and my parents came back over for a BBQ followed by a game night. I missed seeing my niece and nephew and watching my kids help them hunt for eggs in my parents backyard like we normally do. Hopefully next year!