That is...so many eggs.

Going completely over the top is 100% Middle Brother's M.O. I suspect he was the mastermind of the 300-egg decree, and Oldest Brother and Tim just shrugged their shoulders and went "better just go along with this plan because god only knows what he'll do if he can't hide 300 eggs for 12 kids."

"better just go along with this plan because god only knows what he'll do if he can't hide 300 eggs for 12 kids."

Somebody better map the egg placement, or you're going to invite a pack of raccoons into the neighborhood with free protein.

I'm gonna say right now: 300 eggs is too many. That's 25 eggs per kid. That's insane. They're going to get bored and quit, and nobody is going to eat that many eggs even if they're deviled.

The rain has stopped briefly. I think I can go run. We have to prep for our flight to LA tomorrow.

I feel like I'm on a ship that's pitching down into a maelstrom with whirlpools on either side. Here we go.....

Somebody better map the egg placement, or you're going to invite a pack of raccoons into the neighborhood with free protein.

I'm gonna say right now: 300 eggs is too many. That's 25 eggs per kid. That's insane.

Yeah, but the brothers are on board with it, so this is just another Middle Brother Outlandishly And Needlessly Oversized Harebrained Scheme. Easter is at Middle Brother's house, so if he wants 300 eggs for 12 kids, that's what's going to happen.

They're going to get bored and quit, and nobody is going to eat that many eggs even if they're deviled.

They're plastic eggs that'll have candy or other stuff (temporary tattoos! tiny plastic cephalopods!), so deviling those would be quite the feat.

I'm really not annoyed by Operation How Many Eggs Did You Say?!?!?!, because it's not my circus. If SiL is on board with it (and she seems to be; or at the very least she's tolerating it), it's their yard, so I have zero emotional investment in it.

I will, however, be documenting the chaos on Instagram or Facebook.

Also keep track of when the various un-found eggs are found. I bet you'll be finding some NEXT Easter.

Also keep track of when the various un-found eggs are found. I bet you'll be finding some NEXT Easter.

Not my circus. That's entirely Middle Brother's folly to deal with.

Now I'm curious what percentage of their yard will be eggs when they are all hidden. I think it would just be rows of eggs every few inches if I tried to hide that many in my yard, but I have not hidden easter eggs in decades, perhaps my sense of proportion is off by a lot. But if I had 300 little flags like the utility company puts out to mark underground lines in my yard, I would think my yard was full of flags. Or, say, dandelions.

I will definitely document the hilarity and pitfalls of this harebrained scheme, for sure.

Sweet

Also, harebrained, I see what you did there. Took me a minute, but I did catch on

Also, harebrained, I see what you did there. Took me a minute, but I did catch on

Ha! That was 100% unintentional. Tim always refers to his almost-certainly-not-life-threatening ideas as harebrained schemes, so it's the local lingo.