Eggstravaganza brings more than 1,000 children to Greenbrook Adventure Park.
By
Pam Eubanks
| 10:10 p.m. April 9, 2017
East County
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The egg hunt was over, but 4-year-old Peyton Collins sat gleefully in a grassy field at Greenbrook Adventure Park, reaching her hands into a woven basket, grasping one plastic egg at a time and popping them into her mouth.
Crunch.
The egg split and out popped a treat.
“I love candy,” she said. “My favorite is chocolate.”
Her mother, Amanda, chuckled.
“You don’t want to eat all of it,” she said. “Let’s save some for later.”
Peyton and her brother, Patrick, 5, were two of more than 1,000 children who gathered at the park April 8 for Lakewood Ranch Community Activities' annual Eggstravaganza. This year’s event included an egg hunt, pictures with the Easter Bunny, vendor booths, food and crafts, music, sack races, a petting zoo and other festivities.
Lakewood Ranch' s Lauren Otterness, 4, checks out her face painting before searching for eggs.
Lakewood Ranch' s Mark Eubanks, 3, sorts through his bounty at Eggsravaganza.
Molly James, of Greenbrook, swings alongside her twin sister, Addison, not pictured.
New York' s Laura Darman with her daughter, Julia, left, attend while visiting Laura' s dad, Country Club West' s Wayne Turnblom.
Lakewood Ranch' s Charlotte Roth enjoys visiting with the Easter Bunny.
Cousins Dakota Mikos and Adam Mikos, both of Sarasota, work on a craft before the hunt begins.
Six-year-olds Olivia Drobney and Aubrey Jenkins, of Lakewood Ranch, make sure to hunt together.
Brittany Jent, of Parrish, helps her daughter, Sophia, with a craft.
Jenifer Dodson and Lana Ebrahimpour, of Lakewood Ranch, make a stop at the petting zoo.
East County' s 11-month-old Caden Shane gets a birds-eye view from his father, Tom Shane, of his sister, Karina, 3, as she readies for the egg hunt.
Country Club East resident Shaun Seymour brought her twin granddaughters, Blakely and Blaire Ross, who were visiting from Atlanta.
Peyton Colllins, of Lakewood Ranch, breaks her eggs apart in search of candy.
The Arbanas family, of Greenbrook, sorts through eggs after the hunt. Pictured are: Trenton, Jude, Andrew, Jaxson, Tiffany and Aryella.
The stars of the show were thousands of eggs spread out at the park. They were all scooped up in minutes.
The children are at the ready as they are about to be released for the egg hunt.
Naomi Cummings, 7, of Lakewood Ranch, meets a rooster in the petting zoo.
Twins Blaire and Blakely Ross of Atlanta filled their basket while on a trip to see grandparents Brad and Shaun Seymour of Lakewood Ranch.
Michelle and Sami Bransfield watch as Alex Bransfield takes a guess at how many jellybeans are in the jar at the East County Observer' s game table.
Lakewood Ranch' s Mathew Louric, 16 months, gets an up close look at barnyard animals in the petting zoo.
Lakewood Ranch' s Madeline Arsenault, 8, shows off her egg haul.
The Chick-fil-A cow gets high fives from Lakewood Ranch' s Kamryn Bewley, 2.
The race for eggs began about 10:15 a.m., and by 10:20 p.m., the eggs were gone.
More than a thousand children registered for the event.
Lakewood Ranch' s Aaliya Mittal, 3, goes after eggs in her best dress.
Lakewood Ranch' s Bixby Hartley and his daughter, Brynleigh, 2, are ready to hunt for eggs.
Lakewood Ranch' s Jordan Hanright, 6, grabs as many eggs as she can.
