Easter

So, I struggled with Easter this year... what to do? I want my kids to have happy memories associated with Easter, but just how to do it? Then we worked all day Saturday in the garage and in the yard. And by night, both of us were just too exhausted to do any sort of Easter preparation... So, Easter was probably not as exciting as the Easter Egg hunt we went to. I had intended on doing our own Easter Egg hunt but it fizzled and it never ended up happening (in my defense, they had already been to the neighborhood one). They did get Easter baskets... just before church. With no candy in them because it was in the eggs that never got hidden or found.

Sam got a basketball in his (I also got a basketball standard for our cement that we will set up one day).

Katelyn got princess jewelry. Kate is DYING to get her ears pierced. Michael and I differ in this. I kinda want to get her ears pierced now... he wants to wait. Whenever I wear earrings Kate says "I like your earrings mom, can I have some?" Then I explain to her that she can't get earrings until she's got holes in her ears and I said to her "It will hurt really bad like a shot, do you still want earrings?" And she said, "Yes." One day a week or two ago she came in and said "I think I've got holes in my ears, I can have earrings now!" Anyway, she likes jewelry and so that's what she got. The earrings and crown were the biggest hit of course and when I put the earrings on her (clip-ons) She turned to me and said "That didn't hurt."

Growing up we always decorated Easter eggs... but I have never wanted to do that. The vinegar smell is gross... and, seriously to me, a big waste of time and then you've got loads of hard boiled eggs which you can eat for only so long before they make me gag. I totally prefer the plastic eggs. So, not wanting to be a crappy mom, I DID make egg shaped sugar cookies so we could do egg decorating of our own kind. BUT Michael got sick Easter night and I took the kids up to Alpine to get them out of the house so he could get some rest and we've never actually decorated them and we've eaten so many unfrosted/undecorated sugar cookies I don't think it's worth it to make a batch of frosting for the little we've got left. I don't know, we'll see. Seeing as it's Spring Break and horrible weather... maybe we'll make another batch and do it after all.