Archive for March, 2010

Yummie’s Giant Easter Egg Hunt is Eggs-stra-special this Year!

Yummie’s Giant Easter Egg Hunt takes place on Saturday, April 3rd. The fun gets underway at 9am for those who want to have breakfast with Yummie and the Easter Bunny (reservations are required). We also have crafts, balloon twisting and the Cherry Crest Farm live peeps at the stage area from 9am until noon. And just this week we added a sky diver to the mix. Local Sky Diver Steve Lapp will “drop” into Kitchen Kettle around 10am with some treats for the kids. I think this is the first time we ever had a sky diver at Kitchen Kettle. Should be fun.
The egg hunting starts at 10:30am for the 0-3 age children; 10:45am for the 4-6 year olds and 11am for the 7-10 year olds. We wanted to stagger the times in case moms had a few children and needed to be at multiple hunt locations. Our lodging department has been busy filling eggs since January and at this time all 3,500 eggs are filled and ready to be hidden next week. We do have a golden egg in each category with a special prize for those children who find the golden egg.
Right now the weather forecast for Saturday looks good, much better than last years rainy day. Come enjoy a day at Kitchen Kettle Village, find some eggs, collect some prizes and have a wonderful holiday weekend.

One Year Older and One Year Wiser

It’s my birthday next week – Patricia Kling for St. Patrick’s Day – so Lisa asked me to write some perspective.  I never claim to be a poet but I sometimes get inspired to write in a rhyming scheme.  So here goes:

There are memories, and people, and things to record

My full mind can contain them no more

There is music, and dancing of those from before

Who taught me the worth of this bountiful lore

There is constant new change and insights galore

Mistakes to improve and late thoughts to explore

There were lessons for growth that I should have known…

Never use two flat tires in storms that have blown

With an uncharged cell phone

There are books to be read, plans to be made

Words to be heard and thanks to be said

There will always be trust for those near me to love…

Most truly the wisest:  my good Lord above.

As Browning quoted Rabbi Ben Ezra:

“Grow old along with me; the best is yet to be”