Our Easter weekend was a little different from years past. Typically we spend the day in Moses Lake at Aunt Diane's. Due to all of the extracurricular activities that all of our kids are in, we were unable to attend on Saturday (which is the day we all agreed on 2 years ago because we didn't like being gone all of Sunday). So next year we're switching back to Sunday in Moses Lake. Aunt Diane missed us!! And we missed her, too....
So our Easter dinner was at our house this year on Sunday. Nothing fancy. No ham - we had meatballs instead. Of course, it's not Easter without Aunt Diane's cheesy potatoes, and as she'd passed on the recipe a few years back, we had those as well (never as good as her's though!). "Dinner" was quick - the kids are always antsy to get outside for the egg hunt. Add on top of that the threatening rain, and we all ate fast.
Soon the parents headed out to hide all the eggs in the back yard. Since the grass hasn't grown much yet, hiding spots were limited. So we resorted finally to just tossing the eggs into the middle of the yard. The kids kept poking their heads outside to cheat and spy, and Brian threatened to put a "doggie surprise" in some of the eggs. No, he didn't really do it.... =)
Instead of letting the kids out in just a free-for-all, we set them out with specific instructions - to only grab certain eggs each time. Example: Go out and find 4 blue eggs.... Go out and find 3 eggs with patterns.... etc.... It made it a little more challenging and fun for them, but then it REALLY was trying to rain so we had them collect the rest then come inside.
Of course, then begins the "wheeling and dealing"..... I'll give you this for that, and so on. Overall they did very well, and were even GIVING some of their candy away!
It was a nice relaxing day. I tried to get a nice family photo after all our guests had left, but by then Shianne and Hunter were having meltdowns, so I gave up and crawled in bed with a good book (see my other blog for that...).Happy Easter Everyone!!!
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