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Kids visit Batavia businesses on Easter egg hunt

Posted April 04, 2015 1:00 am

By Laura Stoecker

Olivia Moore, 6, of North Aurora wears bunny ears while walking down Wilson Street with her parents, Kimberly and Julius, while they visit businesses for eggs in the Batavia Downtown Easter Egg Hop Saturday. New to the area, this is the first time the family has attended the event. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com

Downtown Batavia was the place to be Saturday morning for kids looking for Easter eggs and more.

The second annual Downtown Batavia Easter Egg Hop, hosted by Batavia MainStreet and River City Church, allowed kids to hop around downtown to find eggs and win raffle prizes and gift certificates donated by downtown businesses.

Kids could visit participating businesses to collect eggs and bring them back to the Peg Bond Center for a chance to win raffle prizes, then enjoy face painting, balloon animals, games and activities.

During the hop, students from the Batavia Academy of Dance taught kids of all ages the Bunny Hop dance in the Peg Bond Center pavilion. There was also an egg hunt for kids 3 and younger, where parents helped scoop plastic eggs into their baskets.

Jen and David Broadwater of Aurora brought their daughters Lucy, 5, and Elaina, 7, because they enjoyed the event last year. David said it's "a lot of fun, kids like it, and it's nice to walk around, too."

Kimberly and Julius Moore brought their daughter Olivia, 6, who was wearing a bright pink coat and bunny ears for the occasion. The family recently moved to North Aurora from Arkansas, and Kimberly said they had never seen anything like it before.

Ali Larson, 19 months, of Batavia discovers how to hold the handle on her basket of eggs and takes a peek inside to see her haul at the Batavia Downtown Easter Egg Hop Saturday. She attended last year when she was just a few month old. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com

Lucy Broadwater, 5, of Aurora counts her eggs while her mother, Jen, and sister, Elaina, 7, count her eggs while on the Batavia Downtown Easter Egg Hop Saturday. Their dad, David, said the girls wanted to take a rest break after visiting 15 businesses before continuing on. Laura Stoecker/lstoecker@dailyherald.com

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