Egg-cellent strategies
CAROLYN BOSTICK | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 7 months, 2 weeks AGO
Jesse Tafoya, 9, of Coeur d'Alene whispers his strategy to Maddox McLain, 8, of Hayden before the Easter Eggstravaganza at the Clubhouse in Hayden.
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Charlie Maloney, 2 and Elsie Maloney, 4 rest after the youngest group went on an egg hunt at the Hayden Clubhouse.
Maddox McClain didn't let an injury on his hand slow him down as he sped around the lawn to collect Easter eggs.
Jesse Tafoya, 9, gets ready to dash to get eggs during an Easter event Friday at the Hayden Clubhouse.
A little girl finds an unoccupied place on the lawn to retrieve eggs during an Easter egg hunt.
Families came out in roves for some festive Easter egg hunts Friday at the Hayden Clubhouse.
Carolyn Bostick has worked for the Coeur d’Alene Press since June 2023. She covers Shoshone County and Coeur d'Alene. Carolyn previously worked in Utica, New York at the Observer-Dispatch for almost seven years before briefly working at The Inquirer and Mirror in Nantucket, Massachusetts. Since she moved to the Pacific Northwest from upstate New York in 2021, she's performed with the Spokane Shakespeare Society for three summers. | March 30, 2024 1:06 AM
HAYDEN — A fierce hunt was underway Friday as kids sought the most colorful plastic eggs.
Clad in Easter purples, Charlie Maloney, 2, and Elsie Maloney, 4, were a little bit overwhelmed by the crush of boys and girls and parents springing across the lawn at the Hayden Clubhouse.
Elsie managed to keep her bunny ears on throughout all of the activity, however.
There was a break in the flurry of activity between age groups as eggs were collected and scattered again across the grass.
Jesse Tafoya and Maddox McClain used the time to strategize the best tactics. Originally, they suggested keeping to the closest area to get eggs since there would likely be less competition, but the bulk of multicolored masses in the center lawn were too tantalizing.
McClain joked about acting like a cartoon character and stuffing the eggs in his mouth as he went so no one else could get them.
"I’m just going to try and grab all of them," McClain said.
"He has the power of Bugs Bunny and I have the piece of Halloween," Tafoya said, pointing to their egg baskets.
Both boys went off when the older kids were given the go-ahead before finally zipping back to find their families.
"Everybody was like zoom, zoom, zoom," Tafoya said.
Charlie Maloney, 2 and Elsie Maloney, 4 rest after the youngest group went on an egg hunt at the Hayden Clubhouse.
Maddox McClain didn't let an injury on his hand slow him down as he sped around the lawn to collect Easter eggs.
Jesse Tafoya, 9, gets ready to dash to get eggs during an Easter event Friday at the Hayden Clubhouse.
A little girl finds an unoccupied place on the lawn to retrieve eggs during an Easter egg hunt.
Families came out in roves for some festive Easter egg hunts Friday at the Hayden Clubhouse.