However you celebrated yesterday, whether alone and quietly or on spring break somewhere warm, or with friends or with family I hope it was a good day and didn't include snow.
This year we were at our daughter's with SIL's mom and brother and two nephews. There were nine of us and as usual daughter outdid herself to make the day memorable for all of us. It's a lot of work having big dinners AND making it special. I know. PH and I usually hosted Easter and had about 22 people. This year Easter was during spring break from schools so most of the people who come here were off travelling. Our daughter stepped up, we shared cooking duties and had a wonderful day. And it didn't snow. It was cold enough, and for about 5 minutes in the morning it DID but I think it was just March's way of having the last laugh...even though we are a week into April.
We are a very lucky family. Our table was full and delicious
This was the centerpiece our daughter made, I didn't get the tulips sticking up out of the top in the photo. So pretty!
Dessert was a collection of cookies and these little pots filled with pudding dirt, crushed chocolate cookies and strawberries dipped in orange colored white chocolate for carrots sticking up. Very fun, delicious and who doesn't need a bit of chocolate after a meal?
We had games. SIL made this tomb from a cardboard box. You have to give him leeway for his dry but astute sense of humor.
He put things appropriate to the tomb in the box, one at a time, and we shook the tomb and guessed what was inside. Some things were quiet and some things rattled.
We each took a turn and guessed.
Adelaide guessed the shroud. SIL being who he is, added blood colored paint.
There were other things, too, keys (to open the rock door,) crown of thorns, you get the picture.
And the egg toss. Honestly, we could have done this game inside the house. We don't know what these eggs were made of but they would NOT break! You toss, step back, toss, step back, etc. But we actually ran out of yard and were throwing the eggs like a baseball (instead of gently lobbing them) and one of the eggs had grass stains on it but STILL didn't break. Craziest thing I've ever seen.
We came home with warm memories and leftovers for another meal, just like Thanksgiving!
