| Saturday, April 14, 2007 |
| 2nd Annual George Chapman International Easter Egg Hunt |
Now that the Chapman kids are all getting married and the Allen girls are scattering to the wind, the hunt lives on in new forms. We had a party on Easter Sunday at the children's home in Okayama-city, with 7 of us JETs, plus my sister and parents. My mom was the plastic-egg mule, and got questioned at customs about all the paraphernalia she was trying to smuggle into the country. But, oh, was it worth it...
A-Belle's Tugboat service: No distance too far, no child too cute.
 Jon K Gogh, Birdie Glass, Bob-san, and Richard of Oz filled up eggs for the hunt. Per unspoken tradition, the boys went out to hide them on the playground, because everyone knows that girls aren't capable of such manly tasks. We stayed indoors, washed dishes, did the laundry, painted eggs... you know. The usual.
 Chihiro-chan and her puffball bunny. Dani brought all the crafts ideas, because she is the art queen. Birdie and Bethany monitored the egg dying/painting tables, and AB and Bob did the paper table, where Bob's *Famous* Origami Baskets were born.
 And, Kendo Man scared away the children.
The hunt itself was over much too quickly, but it was good fun. Instead of real money eggs, we thought about using coins from Korea or China as a non-yen replacement, but I pictured some 2-year-old choking on 10 yuan worth of Mao, and opted against it.
 Christmas (as celebrated in a consumer-driven, primarily non-Christian country) is easy to explain: a big chubby man brings presents and everyone eats a lot, all in honor of a miracle holy child being born. The reason for Easter is more confusing: a big chubby bunny lays colorful eggs and hides them, in honor of the aforementioned holy child who has risen from the dead. I'm not sure which part is more implausible, but at least the kids liked the Cadbury Creme Eggs. |
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