WESTLAND, Mich. (AP) 鈥� It was cloudy with a chance of marshmallows at two Detroit-area parks Friday as kids raced to collect thousands of the gooey treats dropped from a helicopter.
The annual , hosted by Wayne County Parks, took place two hours apart in Trenton, Michigan, and Westland, Michigan.
鈥淚t was great. The weather is beautiful, and I think this is a great thing to do with all the kids to start off Easter and the weekend, so yeah, I think it鈥檚 wonderful,鈥� said Anna Grote (GROH鈥�-tee), a Westland resident who attended with her boyfriend and his 10-year-old son.
Hundreds of children at each place cheered as the helicopter passed by on its way to the drop zone. Once there, a passenger unloaded the treats out of a sack and onto the grass below. The helicopter made three passes, dropping marshmallows for kids in different age groups.
David Alexander was in Westland with his two kids, 7 and 10. The Inkster resident encouraged them 鈥渢o be the first ones at the line.鈥�
鈥淩eady, set, go. Be the first one, take off,鈥� he said.
Officials stressed that, although tempting, the marshmallow must not be eaten, because they struck the ground. Instead, kids exchanged the fluffy treats for a prize.
Some kids snatched up way more than one, and their parents kindly dumped most back onto the turf, allowing other kids a shot at it.
鈥淓verybody was nice. There wasn’t any pushing, there wasn’t any shoving, no fighting,鈥� said Alexander, a first-time attendee.
Grote said her boyfriend’s son 鈥渄id not have any difficulty at all鈥� in procuring a marshmallow.
鈥淭he thrill of the hunt, right,鈥� she said, laughing.
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