New Boston egg hunt all it’s cracked up to be
NEW BOSTON, Texas — On a mostly cloudy but pleasant Saturday morning, around 50 or so children gathered and T & P Trail Head Park in preparation for the Chamber of Commerce’s annual Easter egg hunt.
“There’s 9,000 eggs out there,” said Tim Graham to the kids, laying out the scenario. “Some have candy in them. Some have tags for prizes, or red tags for stuffed animals. Vive, our internet provider and cable company, is giving away a bicycle and one of the eggs has the tag for that prize.”
On the signal, under the watchful but amusingly engaged eyes of parents, grandparents and others, the children enthusiastically took to the field at the signal, gathering eggs into baskets. Some kids just gathered. Others seemed to have a more strategic approach. One particular little girl, Cheyenne Norrell, 5, occasionally placed eggs she had gathered into the baskets of compatriots rather than her own.
“It feels good to be able to participate in activities like this again,” said Cherry Norrell, Cheyenne’s grandmother. “I appreciate the chamber for putting this on. Cheyenne was excited for this.”
Deana Sturgeon was with her grandchildren, Maddison and Braylen. Maddison seemed to be observing while Braylen gathered, though she helped open the eggs as Braylen brought back his booty.
“Almost all the big kids have all the eggs,” Braylen said. “I collected real eggs to practice.”
“Just collecting them is fun, but I can’t wait to open them up,” Maddison said.
“This is awesome, after everything the past several months,” said Deana Sturgeon. “It was good just to get out again.”
“The people who live in New Boston are social people,” Graham said. “We love getting out and spending time with each other. This last year was tough. But it is good to be doing things like this as a town again.”
New Boston has more of its traditional events on the calendar for 2021, including Freedom Fest, Pioneer Days, and Winter Wonderland.