Yesterday we went to my parents’ house for the annual Easter egg hunt. Every year my dad hides plastic eggs for the kids out in their back yard — 24 little eggs, and 1 big egg per kid. The little eggs have candy in them, and the big egg has money in it. The eggs […]
Easter
Day 30: Low Key Easter
I know Easter isn’t truly about Easter baskets or dying eggs or chocolate bunnies or any of that stuff. But we have traditionally dyed eggs and done Easter baskets. I had a pretty good system going. I don’t do the second Christmas that so many people do these days with massive baskets overflowing with gifts […]
im gonna have to ask you some Qu-estions
Watching three day swim meets is not all that fun for 6, 7, and 8-year-olds, so while we were up at Zones these past few days, the three little guys stayed with my parents. We didn’t come back until this morning, so my mom and dad were on egg dying, egg hiding, and Easter basket-filling […]
How about we start with Easter?
The older I get, the more I’m believing in fate and that things happen for a reason. Who knows. Maybe there’s no such thing as fate. Maybe things don’t happen for a reason. Maybe I’m just looking for some explanation as to why we have gone through the things we have gone through. Whether […]
Not Facebook-perfect, but perfect nonetheless.
When I was first pregnant, and I thought about Easter, I pictured this photo of me and my dad. I envisioned adorable Easter outfits and bonnets and church and all sorts of other stuff. Then I had kids and reality set in. Yesterday I saw a friend post pictures of her kids’ Easter baskets on Facebook […]
A Happy Easter
By 6:15 am the Easter baskets had been pilfered. By 11 a.m. we were at Grammy and Papa’s house. By 11:30 a.m. we had found all the eggs. By 12 p.m. we had opened the eggs, sorted the eggs and chowed on cupcakes. (Number 6 gave Number 7 a haircut last night. Do you like […]