Not a lot happened this month. The trip to the Happiest Place on Earth and a few other things left me down and out last month, so I was thankful for a stretch of not much going on. Mind you, I still managed to document the few things we did do with some mediocre (terrible) pictures for your viewing pleasure. I really need a new phone, so that my pictures don’t look like I am drunk all the time. (What?!?)
Easter was the perfect excuse for me to hang out at home and channel my inner Martha Stewart. I hadn’t done any baking, food decorating or crafting since Valentine’s Day….a FULL SIX WEEKS earlier. Next year there needs to be a holiday in between to keep me “in practice”….if I go too many weeks without burning the tips of my fingers with the hot glue gun, they get soft.
In preparation, I spent hours perusing Pinterest for crafts and food galore. Then I made a trip to the Holy Land of crafts….Hobby Lobby, followed by a trip to King Soopers where I bought nothing to eat that wasn’t made of sugar. My little chef apprentice and I spent a whole day baking and taste-testing our creations. Based on these pictures, you’d think I was having a whole slew of people over for Easter dinner, right? Nope. Just us. And our elastic pants.
We did manage to dye some actual eggs as well. Suffice it to say, John ate a LOT of egg salad sandwiches in the days that followed.
The day before Easter, the country club hosted an eggstravaganza (get it?!?), with an egg (candy) hunt on the driving range and treats (wine) for the grown-ups. In fact, I had to ask some nice older lady to hold my glass of wine while I ran after Malory, who paid no attention to the “ready, set, go” part of the instructions. She saw the chocolate, and was off like a flash….leaving the other kids in the dust. Really, she’s a genius. Play the 2-year-old card and pretend you don’t understand? Sure way to get ALL the candy. Never mind that she was a little confused by the basket….
The rest of our Easter weekend was spent leisurely at home, eating a late brunch, building Legos from the Easter bunny, and trying to keep Walter and Charlie from eating the gigantic chocolate bunny. We failed at the last part…notice he’s been decapitated.
