Sunday, April 1, 2018

Easter 2018

He is risen! He is risen, indeed!

Happy Easter!



My early crew had me up at 5:30 a.m. and we sat around watching the Disney movie of "Little House on the Prairie" while waiting for the Easter Vigil crew to wake up.

I laid out a spread that made for a fancy breakfast but without a tremendous amount of work, and that would even allow people waking up at different times to eat it. Voila.
  • Leftover ham, reheated
  • Bacon
  • Sister Schubert rolls with sausages inside
  • Hard boiled Easter eggs
  • Fruit salad (bought pre-made at grocery)
  • Loaf of bread to toast
  • Homemade hash browns
  • Some candy
  • Orange juice





Then the children enjoyed an Easter egg hunt, which I held out on the front lawn: a first for us? The back yard is a mud pit, and the front yard is more picturesque: it worked well!

















This moment caught David quizzically examining his egg while Thomas in the background is quizzically examining his own egg!




Then we gave the messy kitchen "a lick and a promise" before opening our Family Easter Basket (plus darling individual bag-baskets from Grandmom).


This year, I had to graduate to using our wicker laundry basket to hold the gifts. I love this moment when even David at seven months had crawled over and gotten on his knees to peer into the basket.


We attended the 12:30 Mass before some lovely socializing in gorgeous spring weather and a lunch out with some friends. Back at home, all the children requested to go to bed at 7:00 p.m., so we generously allowed them.

Mary-9, Margaret-7, Thomas-2, Chris, Katherine, Joseph-5, David-7 months, John-11


P.S. Anyone know how to Photoshop out an electrical pole from my head?

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