Easter Celebrity-style

For Easter weekend my kids got to hunt for plastic eggs filled with jelly beans and chocolate eggs. Upon finding the jelly beans they claimed they "hated" them and proceeded to sulk and complain. They were most thrilled with the "jibbitz" they got for the new Crocs that I hadn't even purchased yet and the Wal-Mart bikes we got them. Bikes for Easter? I thought that was pretty good! Then I read about Hollywood power player, Ron Meyer's weekend kiddie party.

According to Janet Charlton, The party was aiming to be "green" - in Hollywood that means no paper plates or cups - only china, silver, and crystal, plus linen table coverings and napkins in pastel colors. All the trees in the driveway and yard were festooned with pastel ribbons. Nearly 500 guests and their kids feasted on custom omelets and waffles, vats of oatmeal with raspberries, bagels, etc. topped off with mountains of Sprinkles cupcakes in pastel colors. Two forty foot long buffets groaned with designer food. The kids ran around and hunted for hundreds of plastic eggs that were hidden all over the beachfront property- they were stuffed with candy, toys and some with cash!

While Suri and Katie hunted for eggs, Tom Cruise played touch football and he was described as "throwing like a girl." Barbra Streisand and James Brolin had a long conversation with Meryl Streep. Also socializing and sipping champagne: Warren and Annette, Goldie and Kurt and Kate Hudson, Tobey McGuire, Leonardo DiCaprio, the Spielbergs, Conan O'Brien, Jamie Foxx, and the Arquettes.

Most of the kids over ten were furiously texting and talking on their cell phones. The best part was the "Petting Zoo" - "it was like Noah's ark." They had baby chicks and ducks, baby pigs, baby goats, two baby ZEBRAS, miniature ponies, a baby kangaroo and a baby camel, and a young chimp.

Before guests departed they were reminded to pick up their individual Easter baskets, which were hanging in the trees labeled with each child's name. The hefty baskets contained MORE STUFF- movies, DVD's iPods, games, gourmet chocolate, toys, stuffed animals - whatever was age appropriate. Wow. And this was a "green" party in the middle of a recession!

Sounds AWESOME, doesn't it? Wish I had one of those Easter baskets...