I'm sure as ever one else, we had a great Easter (see the slideshow below). We started the day by finding this Awesome Easter Egg hunt. We live 20 minutes in the country surrounded by little "townships" (meaning each town population is under 300.....I know, nice) Anyway, in the middle is a really great park. I wasn't sure what to expect, but holy cow it was honestly the best Easter egg hunt we've ever been to! The best part is that they had all these eggs filled with tickets for prizes and money - we seriously made out like bandits!!! All the kids got a toy, Taylor won the grand prize for her age division, Tate collected the most money and at the end every child got another sack filled with candy, nice candy, expensive candy like lindt truffles & candy bars, it was crazy, fabulous and you can bet I'm going back next year. (Well if we live in Wisconsin - who knows!)
We came back ate a late breakfast, and invited some friends over for another round of hunting eggs. My kids never get tired of looking for eggs. Next we decorated Sugar Cookies and late afternoon, we let "The coloring begin" for some crazy reason, our family totally gets into the dying of the Easter eggs. (8 Dozen this year) We ordered pizza and colored eggs for hours, I found some really neat kits and we made some great eggs. Afterwards we made some homemade ice cream and finished the night by watching Marley & Me. But it was just fun day, so happy to celebrate with friends and especially having my family here. Holidays aren't the same if you don't celebrate with people you love!
I started a new tradition,
Sorry, had a little interruption. I had to teach Tye's friend how to do a flip on the trampoline, I'm probably going to be in pain for a few days recovering, but I can still flip at 34 (for a few more days!) I won't mention that I'm totally out of breath and when I played crack the egg for a few minutes afterwards Tye told his friends to jump harder because his mom is a little "chunky"...
O.K. so the new tradition is that the Easter Bunny does not bring presents. However Mom & Dad have a special present for you, but the Easter Bunny hides it and you have to search the house till you find your present. It actually worked really well. In the years past I've bought so much junk and crap that my kids have it for a few days and then within a few weeks I'm throwing everything away. No more wasting money on junk. We bought them each a new Easter outfit (That the boys were totally mad about) and one nice present each. Tye got a new DS, Tate a cross bow and Taylor a new riding helmet. It was perfect, Mom even got spoiled by getting 2 bouquets of flowers - nice job Wes, (I'll quit teasing the UPS Man - it's a great story for another day), well it's quick. The other day at work the UPS man came in, he's has zero personality, I've never seen the man smile, or say anything besides "Sign here Please", so I said to him, when are you going to bring me some flowers in one of those boxes? I said that because Wes was just sitting in the waiting room area just relaxing. However the UPS man had no idea Wes was my husband, I was sending a hint to Wes, not the UPS guy, but he didn't take it that way. He got all embarrassed turned all red, like I was hitting on him. I just started laughing, because I realized what that must have sounded like, so In the dead silence I hurry and said That's my husband over there, I was just sending HIM a hint, but it really didn't help the situation. Anyway Wes got the hint, Kim got flowers, a good laugh, but the UPS guy hasn't made eye contact with me since. Still, totally worth flowers.....
Back to Easter, I wasn't in the mood for the normal Easter Ham, so I bought two pork loin roasts and marinated them for 2 days - Holy Cow - they were awesome. It was such a great easy meal that I picked up two more at Costco yesterday. I love quick, good easy dinners that taste fancy, when there really not....
So that's it.....it's Spring, the weather is finally in the upper 40's, my kids are home from school all week, were heading on a little vacation at the end of the week to Madison, I wish my family lived closer, according to Tye I'm a little chunky, Wes earned some serious lovin, I'm getting worse at keeping up with this blog, my new favorite meal to cook is pork loin, the trampoline is up, just got done having a picnic with my kids, I'm totally into Amiercan Idol this season, Taylor's worn pajamas for two days straight, my raspberries are pruned (thanks to my great Dad) and my windows are open enjoying the fresh air......a great day to be alive!!!
2 comments:
That's so funny. I too decided to downgrade on the whole Easter thing, yet I think I went cheaper. My kids each got a swimsuit and some candy in their Easter basket. The little ones got a new outfit for church, but like you I'm tired of spending money on crap that just gets thrown away.
I also made a pork loin...just not on Easter. We ate leftover pizza from our egg dying night. 8 dozen! Wow! I need to step it up. I thought I was going all out by letting my kids do 2 dozen. I'm with ya on the blog thing. I wish I had more time to work on it or even more exciting moments to post, but as you say...every day is a great day to be alive!!!
Man Kim, you always go all out. I can't get over the 8 dozen eggs thing. We don't color eggs at all because no one in my house will eat them except me. I love Ty's comment about you. It's not true, but it reminds me of when I was little and in Kmart with my dad. We were looking for a shirt for my grandma and I told my dad that large wasn't big enough. We needed extra thick. My favorite part of your story is the cross bow for tate. That's the most unusual easter present i've heard of yet. :) You guys are hilarious.
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