Runrunrunrunrunrunrun!
Three minutes -- Laura and I are pedaling furiously through the quiet Sunday streets. It's cool and breezy and threatening to rain and snow. Two minutes -- we cross on to campus but still have to dodge pedestrians and parked cars. One minute -- we arrive at the Oval and I throw the bike down while Laura quickly unstraps the canopy, unbuckles Cooper, and pull him out. Well, somehow, through all of that, Cooper had managed to fall asleep. Laura says, 'Cooper, we're here. Wake up!' And in that way that toddlers can, Cooper is instantly awake. 'Is this the next Easter egg hunt?' he asks. No time to explain -- the MC is in the countdown, and as soon as Cooper is lined up behind the rope with his basket in hand, the rope drops, and kids run screaming across the lawn toward the Easter eggs.
