Peter Rabbit brings Easter to Macomb
Rebecca Jania
Issue date: 3/28/05 Section: News
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Children ran around the library carrying baskets and bags, searching for plastic eggs that were hidden under desks, on bookshelves or in corners.
"My favorite thing (about Easter) is that you get to collect Easter eggs," said both Regan and Riley McFall, six-year-old twins who came to the hunt with their grandmother Joyce Bilbrey.
Parents and grandparents stood by during the hunt, encouraging the children to search, to open eggs and to sit in Peter Rabbit's lap for a photo opportunity.
"My favorite part of watching (the children) was probably when they opened the eggs and found the candy inside. At their age, it was their reward I think," said Geralyn Gray, who attended the event with her daughter, Stephanie Puccini, and grandchildren, Madison Steward and Hannah and Joshua Puccini.
According to Gray, her family has been participating in Easter egg hunts for years.
"I remember doing this when my children were young. It's a traditional thing for us. The kids definitely still like it as much as they used to," Gray said.
The Easter Egg Hunt reminded Bilbrey of watching her son collect Easter eggs.
"I remember when my child first started collecting eggs when he was three, he would just collect green eggs. He wouldn't pick it up unless it was green," Bilbrey said.
While many of the children posed on Peter Rabbit's lap for a photograph, several of the children shied away from the rabbit, choosing to wave from a distance or hide behind their parents. However, according to Dennis Danowski, Macomb Public Library director, Peter Rabbit enjoyed attending the event.
"That bunny doesn't like to miss out on the good times," Danowski said.
According to Danowski, the hunt is held to encourage involvement with the community.
"(The library has) the Easter Egg Hunt because we believe in community involvement, especially for holidays. We also wanted to give the kids something to do on a no-school day," Danowski said. "We just like to be involved. We're just here for the kids."
This is the third year that the library held its Easter Egg Hunt.
"Generally we hold this event outside in the park area, but because it's muddy we decided to have it inside this year. We figured that the parents would appreciate this," Danowski said. "We plan on 200 children. We have different sessions for different ages, 1 to 3 years old, 4 to 6 years old and 7 to 9 years old. We do this so that the older children won't be trampling the younger ones. We don't mind if brothers and sisters search with a younger sibling as long as they are supervised by their parents."
Danowski said that the children appear to enjoy the event.
"We're seeing more sharing going on with the kids. We didn't see kids with full baskets when there are kids with no eggs. We get lots of big smiles on kids' faces," Danowski said.
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